San Bernardino County · checked 2026-09-15
Can you BnB it in Fontana?
No STR ordinanceFontana has no short-term rental ordinance and its code searches come back clean for short-term rental, vacation rental, and home sharing terms, so the city does not specifically regulate STRs. Transient lodging is subject to the city's eight percent transient occupancy tax under Chapter 10 Article VII.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1Fontana Code of Ordinances Ch. 10 Art. VII (Transient Occupancy Tax); no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-15
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1Fontana Code of Ordinances Ch. 10 Art. VII (Transient Occupancy Tax); no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-15
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1Fontana Code of Ordinances Ch. 10 Art. VII (Transient Occupancy Tax); no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-15
Transfer when the home sellsNot applicable: no STR permit system exists, so there is nothing to transfer on sale.L1Fontana Code of Ordinances Ch. 10 Art. VII (Transient Occupancy Tax); no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-15
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In the city's own words
Sec. 10-222 Imposed; payment“each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of eight percent of the rent charged by the operator” source
Sec. 10-221 Definitions“Transient means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of” source
Citation: Fontana Code of Ordinances Ch. 10 Art. VII (Transient Occupancy Tax); no STR ordinance exists
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