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Can you BnB it in Moorpark?

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Permit or licenseNone available: short-term rentals are prohibited, so there is no permit to apply for.L117.20.050, Table row 12 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. Moorpark issues no short-term rental permit or license, so there is nothing to transfer on sale. The use is not permitted in the residential and mixed-use zones, so a buyer acquires no right to operate one. No grandfathering clause for short-term rentals was found in Chapter 17.20; a property owner claiming a prior lawful use would have to rely on the general nonconformity chapter, Chapter 17.52, which has not been read yet.L1Moorpark Municipal Code Secs. 17.08.075932, 17.20.050 and 17.20.070 (Ord. 515 sec. 10, 2023; Ord. 521, 1/17/2024) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words

17.08.075932“all or any portion of a residential dwelling unit (detached or attached), or an accessory building or guest house, rented intermittently for occupancy for residential purposes for periods of 30 consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days” source
17.20.050, Table row 12“12. Residential short-term rental units | [dash] | [dash] | [dash] | [dash] | [dash] | [dash] | [dash] | [dash] | [dash]” source
17.20.050, table key“[dash] = Not permitted; P = Permitted; AP = Administrative Permit; ZC = Permitted by Zoning Clearance; TUP = Permitted by Temporary Use Permit; CUP = Permitted by Conditional Use Permit” source

Citation: Moorpark Municipal Code Secs. 17.08.075932, 17.20.050 and 17.20.070 (Ord. 515 sec. 10, 2023; Ord. 521, 1/17/2024)

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