Ventura County · checked 2026-09-25
Can you BnB it in Port Hueneme?
No STR ordinancePort Hueneme has no short term rental ordinance. The only mention of short term rentals in the code text we read is a definition inside the R-4 Mixed Use Residential Zone, where the hotel and motel use classification expressly excludes private residential units rented as short term rental units, so a home rented short term is not treated as a hotel there. The code contains no permit requirement, cap, or prohibition for short term rentals, and the transient occupancy tax is ten percent of the rent. Port Hueneme is a coastal city and we have not reviewed state coastal zone requirements that may apply to some properties.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1Sec 10461 (R-4 · code text · checked 2026-09-25
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1Sec 10461 (R-4 · code text · checked 2026-09-25
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1Sec 10461 (R-4 · code text · checked 2026-09-25
Transfer when the home sellsThe city has no short term rental permit program, so there is no city permit to transfer when a home sells.L1Sec 10461 (R-4 · code text · checked 2026-09-25
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In the city's own words
Sec. 10461“This classification also excludes bed and breakfast facilities and similar accommodations that an occupant of single-family housing provides on the same premises incidental to the primary residential use of the property, and private residential units rented as short-term rental units.” source
Sec. 3911“any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, renting accommodations or by other agreement of whatever nature, for a period of thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or less...” source
Sec. 2718“...tax in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the rent charged by the operator” source
Citation: Sec 10461 (R-4
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Verified from the municipal code (level 1), checked on 2026-09-25 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.