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Can you BnB it in Salinas?

The rules, with their sources

Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1Salinas Code of Ordinances Ch. 32 Art. IV (Transient Occupancy Tax); zoning hotel definition Sec. 37-10.320; no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-15
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1Salinas Code of Ordinances Ch. 32 Art. IV (Transient Occupancy Tax); zoning hotel definition Sec. 37-10.320; no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-15
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1Salinas Code of Ordinances Ch. 32 Art. IV (Transient Occupancy Tax); zoning hotel definition Sec. 37-10.320; no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-15
Transfer when the home sellsNot applicable: no STR permit system exists, so there is nothing to transfer on sale.L1Salinas Code of Ordinances Ch. 32 Art. IV (Transient Occupancy Tax); zoning hotel definition Sec. 37-10.320; no STR ordinance exists · code text · checked 2026-09-15
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In the city's own words

Sec. 32-22 Tax imposed; payment by transient“each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of seven percent of the rent collected by the operator.” source
Sec. 37-10.320 H definitions (hotel)“commercial land use providing transient occupancy for guests for twenty-eight or fewer days, or longer than twenty-eight days subject to payment of transient occupancy tax” source
Sec. 17-02.52 Applicability; exemptions“rented primarily to transient guests for a period of twenty-eight consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days and other transient occupancies” source

Citation: Salinas Code of Ordinances Ch. 32 Art. IV (Transient Occupancy Tax); zoning hotel definition Sec. 37-10.320; no STR ordinance exists

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