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Can you BnB it in Oxnard?
RestrictedOxnard requires a short-term rental permit, caps whole-home vacation rentals at 5 percent of homes per neighborhood (10 percent in the beach front zone) with 100 to 200 foot separation between rentals, and allows owner-present homeshares. Permits last one year and automatically expire when the property is sold, so a buyer must qualify under the caps and apply fresh.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseA permit or license is required before operating.L117-53 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1Ord. 2969 (Ch 16 Art XI, non-coastal) and Ord. 2970 (Ch 17, coastal), both adopted December 17, 2019; coastal regs as modified by the Coastal Commission re-adopted as Ord. 2986, effective December 17, 2020; Sec 17-53 history cites Ords. 2970, 2986 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1Ord. 2969 (Ch 16 Art XI, non-coastal) and Ord. 2970 (Ch 17, coastal), both adopted December 17, 2019; coastal regs as modified by the Coastal Commission re-adopted as Ord. 2986, effective December 17, 2020; Sec 17-53 history cites Ords. 2970, 2986 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Caps and limitsCoastal (Sec 17-53, verified): vacation rental permits limited to 5 percent per general plan neighborhood, 10 percent in the residential beach front (R-BF) zone; grandfathered operators who consistently paid TOT starting on or before January 1, 2019 may exceed the cap and separation rules. Non-coastal Article XI is reported to be parallel (Ord. 2969) but its numeric text was not retrieved yet.L117-53 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
SpacingA separation of 200 feet applies between rentals.L1Ord. 2969 (Ch 16 Art XI, non-coastal) and Ord. 2970 (Ch 17, coastal), both adopted December 17, 2019; coastal regs as modified by the Coastal Commission re-adopted as Ord. 2986, effective December 17, 2020; Sec 17-53 history cites Ords. 2970, 2986 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCoastal Section 17-53, confirmed in the code text: permits are issued or renewed for a maximum term of one year and automatically expire upon sale or transfer of ownership of the property, in whole or in part. The only exception in the code text we read is for timeshare properties under the Vacation Ownership Act operating before 2019. Non-coastal article expected parallel but unverified.L117-53 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
17-53“A valid permit issued by the city pursuant to this article is required” source
17-53“Permits...shall automatically expire upon sale or transfer of ownership of the property, in whole or in part.” source
17-53“limited to 5% per general plan neighborhood” source
17-53“rental of a residential unit for a period less than 30 consecutive calendar days” source
Citation: Ord. 2969 (Ch 16 Art XI, non-coastal) and Ord. 2970 (Ch 17, coastal), both adopted December 17, 2019; coastal regs as modified by the Coastal Commission re-adopted as Ord. 2986, effective December 17, 2020; Sec 17-53 history cites Ords. 2970, 2986
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