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County jurisdiction · checked 2026-09-22

Can you BnB it in unincorporated Lake County?

Proposed, not in effect: The Community Development Department convened an ad hoc committee of short-term rental owners and operators in July 2026 to help draft a short-term rental ordinance, with meetings monthly until a draft is complete. Nothing adopted as of the county's published code and news read on September 22, 2026. source. This page states adopted law only; a pending change is never written as current law.

The rules, with their sources

Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L118-15 · code text · checked 2026-09-22
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer, because the county issues no short term rental permit at all. The only registration is the Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate required of each operator under Sec. 18-15, which is issued to the operator for the premises and must be posted there; a new owner who begins operating is a new operator and must register within thirty days of commencing business. The zoning ordinance grants no short term rental entitlement that could run with the land.L118-15 · code text · checked 2026-09-22
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In the county's own words

18-11(d)“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 thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or less” source
18-12“nine (9) percent of the rent charged by the operator” source
18-15“register said hotel or other lodging with the Tax Collector and obtain from him or her a 'Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate' to be at all times posted in a conspicuous place on the premises.” source
68.4(b)3“A commercial lodging use accessory to a principal dwelling and further defined as two (2) or fewer guest rooms located in the principal dwelling used, designated, or intended to be used, let or hired out for overnight sleeping accommodations.” source

Citation: Lake County Code Chapter 18, Article II, Secs. 18-11, 18-12 and 18-15 (Ord. No. 467, 1965; Ord. No. 614, 1970; Ord. No. 972, 8-16-77; Ord. No. 2033, 8-27-91; Ord. No. 2124, 12-8-92). Zoning Ordinance Articles 27 and 68, Article 68 version updated 8.27.26 and Article 27 version updated 6.4.26.

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