Fresno County · checked 2026-09-13
Can you BnB it in Firebaugh?
No STR ordinanceFirebaugh has no short-term rental ordinance: its licensing chapter and its zoning chapter contain no short-term rental, vacation rental or home sharing rules, and bed and breakfast is the only residential lodging use, allowed by conditional use permit in the R-2 and R-3 zones. Stays of thirty days or less are taxed at 4 percent under the city's transient occupancy tax chapter.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1No short-term rental chapter. Chapter 10 Transient Occupancy Tax, sections 10-2(h) and 10-3. Chapter 25 Zoning lists bed and breakfast as a conditional use in the R-2 and R-3 zones (25-19.4) and hotels and motels as permitted in the C-2 zone (25-23.2). · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1No short-term rental chapter. Chapter 10 Transient Occupancy Tax, sections 10-2(h) and 10-3. Chapter 25 Zoning lists bed and breakfast as a conditional use in the R-2 and R-3 zones (25-19.4) and hotels and motels as permitted in the C-2 zone (25-23.2). · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. Firebaugh creates no short-term rental permit or certificate, so there is nothing specific to short-term rentals that would lapse on a sale.L1No short-term rental chapter. Chapter 10 Transient Occupancy Tax, sections 10-2(h) and 10-3. Chapter 25 Zoning lists bed and breakfast as a conditional use in the R-2 and R-3 zones (25-19.4) and hotels and motels as permitted in the C-2 zone (25-23.2). · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
10-2(h)“shall mean any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy in a hotel by reason of a lease, concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days.” source
10-3“For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of 4% of the rent charged by the operator.” source
Citation: No short-term rental chapter. Chapter 10 Transient Occupancy Tax, sections 10-2(h) and 10-3. Chapter 25 Zoning lists bed and breakfast as a conditional use in the R-2 and R-3 zones (25-19.4) and hotels and motels as permitted in the C-2 zone (25-23.2).
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