Los Angeles County · checked 2026-09-21
Can you BnB it in Montebello?
No STR ordinanceMontebello's municipal code has no short-term rental rules as of this check. Code wide searches for short-term rental and vacation rental return nothing, and the only related rules are the hotel transient occupancy tax chapter.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1Ch. 3.40 · code text · checked 2026-09-21
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1Ch. 3.40 · code text · checked 2026-09-21
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1Ch. 3.40 · code text · checked 2026-09-21
Transfer when the home sellsNot applicable as far as verified: no short-term rental permit scheme exists in the code, so there is no permit to transfer. TOT registration under 3.40.050 applies to hotel operators.L1Ch. 3.40 · code text · checked 2026-09-21
Read the code text →
In the city's own words
3.40.020“sleeping purposes and includes any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house” source
3.40.050“each operator of any hotel renting occupancy to transients shall register the hotel with the tax administrator” source
3.40.130“For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to, and shall pay, a tax in the amount of ten percent of” source
Citation: Ch. 3.40
Check a specific address
The checker resolves any California address to its jurisdiction and returns these rules with their verification level. Where a county or city publishes a licensed-rental registry or parcel map (Riverside County, San Diego, Palm Springs, and a growing list), it also runs parcel spacing, permit cap, and registry checks.
How this page was verified
Verified from the municipal code (level 1), checked on 2026-09-21 by the CanIBnB research desk. Research is AI assisted and human reviewed; the method, the level system, and the re-check schedule are on the How we verify page. If anything here is wrong, report it and it goes in the public corrections log.