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Can you BnB it in Hanford?
No STR ordinanceHanford has no short-term rental ordinance, so the code sets no permit, cap or zone rule for renting a home short term. Hotels and motels are not allowed in residential zones, a bed and breakfast inn needs a conditional use permit in the R-M zone, and stays of 30 days or less are subject to the 8 percent transient occupancy tax.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1Hanford Municipal Code Chapter 3.24 Transient Occupancy Tax, secs. 3.24.020 and 3.24.030 (prior code secs. 3-5.402 and 3-5.403); Chapter 17.08 Land Use Tables; sec. 17.60.040 Bed and breakfast inns. No short-term rental ordinance found. · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. Hanford has no short-term rental permit or licence, so nothing transfers or lapses on sale. A buyer who rents to transients becomes an operator under Chapter 3.24 and must register in their own name. A bed and breakfast inn in the R-M zone runs on a conditional use permit under sec. 17.60.040; that section has not been read yet and its transfer treatment is unknown.L1none (no short-term rental permit exists); 17.60.040 for bed and breakfast inns, not read · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
3.24.020“any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days or less” source
3.24.030“each transient shall be subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of four percent of the rent charged by the operator. Effective January 1, 1984, such tax shall be in the amount of six percent of the rent charged by the operator, and effective January 1, 1985, such tax shall be in the amount of eight percent” source
Citation: Hanford Municipal Code Chapter 3.24 Transient Occupancy Tax, secs. 3.24.020 and 3.24.030 (prior code secs. 3-5.402 and 3-5.403); Chapter 17.08 Land Use Tables; sec. 17.60.040 Bed and breakfast inns. No short-term rental ordinance found.
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