Are short-term rentals allowed in Sutter Creek, CA?

Sutter Creek defines a short-term rental unit or vacation rental as a dwelling rented for thirty consecutive days or fewer and lists it as a permitted use in the DTC Downtown Commercial zone, alongside hotels and motels. It is not on the list of permitted uses for the R-1 one family dwelling zone, so a short-term rental in an ordinary single family neighborhood is not an allowed use, and the city's transient occupancy tax of twelve percent applies to any stay of thirty days or less.

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The rules, with their sources

Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. There is no short-term rental permit chapter in the Sutter Creek code, so there is no permit to transfer. Because a short-term rental in the DTC zone is a permitted land use rather than a personal license, the right generally attaches to the property and the zoning, but the code contains no sentence on transfer and this must be confirmed with the City before relying on it.L1none found · code text · checked 2026-09-13

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In the city's own words

18.38.020(A)(24)“Hotel, motel, motor inns, lodges, time share units, short-term rental units, and vacation rentals” source

18.08.010“a residential dwelling unit or accessory building rented for periods of thirty consecutive days or fewer” source

18.08.010“a building that has an occupancy of 30 consecutive days or fewer, and may include a boarding house, vacation rental unit, hospice, or hostel” source

18.16.020“One detached one-family dwelling per lot; The accessory buildings necessary to such use located on the same lot including an attached or detached garage; Horticultural activities for personal use; Family daycare homes; Home occupations upon securing a home occupation use permit; and Accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units pursuant to chapter 18.61; Employee housing for six or fewer employees; and Residential care facilities, small.” source

Citation: Sutter Creek Municipal Code 18.08.010 definitions of short-term rental unit, vacation rental and transient occupancy building; 18.38.020(A) DTC Downtown Commercial permitted uses (Ord. 373, s 18(a), 2023); 18.16.020 R-1 permitted uses (Ord. 373, s 10(a), 2023); TOT at 4.16.020 and 4.16.030 (Ord. 351, 2014; Ord. 368, 2020).

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Verified from the municipal code (level 1), checked on 2026-09-13 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.

18.38.020(A)(24), read 2026-09-13
18.08.010, read 2026-09-13
4.16.030, read 2026-09-13