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Los Angeles County · checked 2026-09-16

Can you BnB it in Torrance?

The rules, with their sources

Permit or licenseNo permit is required; the code has no short-term rental permit program.L1Sec. 222.1.2(b) · code text · checked 2026-09-16
Transfer when the home sellsNot applicable; no STR permit exists to transferL1Sec. 222.1.2(b) · code text · checked 2026-09-16
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In the city's own words

Sec. 222.1.2(b)“Hotel means any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobilehome or house trailer at a fixed location, or other similar structure or portion thereof.” source
Sec. 222.1.2(f)“Operator means: the person who is proprietor of the hotel, motel, or short-term rental property, whether in the capacity of owner, lessee, sublessee, mortgagee, licensee, managing agent of the owner, or accommodations intermediary.” source
Sec. 222.2.1“For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each lodger is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of eleven (11) percent of the rent charged by the operator, commencing March 1, 1994.” source

Citation: Sec. 222.1.2(b)

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