Los Angeles County · checked 2026-09-21
Can you BnB it in Pico Rivera?
No STR ordinancePico Rivera's code has no short term rental chapter and no short term rental rules in its zoning code. The city taxes stays of thirty days or less at ten percent under its transient occupancy tax, but it does not otherwise regulate them.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1PRMC Ch. 3.36 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (only STR adjacent provision found); no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-21
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1PRMC Ch. 3.36 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (only STR adjacent provision found); no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-21
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1PRMC Ch. 3.36 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (only STR adjacent provision found); no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-21
Transfer when the home sellsNo permit scheme exists, so there is nothing to transfer on sale. The no values on the rule fields mean no such requirement exists in the code as swept, not that a permit program allows these things.L1PRMC Ch. 3.36 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (only STR adjacent provision found); no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-21
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In the city's own words
3.36.020“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 thirty consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days” source
3.36.020“any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes ...” source
3.36.030“a tax in the amount of ten percent of the rent charged by the operator” source
Citation: PRMC Ch. 3.36 Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (only STR adjacent provision found); no STR ordinance exists
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