San Bernardino County · checked 2026-09-13
Can you BnB it in Twentynine Palms?
RestrictedTwentynine Palms requires a city vacation home rental license, allows the use in any zone but only for detached single-family homes, and caps licenses at 500 citywide with five per owner. The code sections read say nothing about transfer on sale, so a buyer should assume a new license application is needed.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseA permit or license is required before operating.L119.41.020 · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1Chapter 19.41 Vacation Home Rental; Ord. No. 299, sec. 4(Exh. A), 2-24-2022 (history note on all sections fetched). · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Primary residenceThe code does not require the rental to be the operator's primary residence.L1Chapter 19.41 Vacation Home Rental; Ord. No. 299, sec. 4(Exh. A), 2-24-2022 (history note on all sections fetched). · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Permit capPermits are capped at 500.L119.41.013(A) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Caps and limitsCitywide cap of 500 detached single-family vacation home rental licenses (19.41.013(A)), to be reevaluated in 2030 based on 2030 Census data. Per-owner cap of five licenses (19.41.013(B), read as summary). Section 19.41.013 as read describes no waitlist or lottery mechanism and no grandfathering.L119.41.013(A) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer in every section read (19.41.013, .020, .065 and .070; a read of the full chapter also reported no transfer provisions). The license is issued to the owner of the vacation home rental, which implies a new owner needs a new license subject to the 500 cap, but sections 19.41.030, .035, .040 and .060 have not yet been read verbatim, so an explicit transfer clause cannot be ruled out.L1none found (chapter 19.41 as fetched) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
19.41.020“No owner of a vacation home rental shall rent, offer to rent, or advertise for rent the vacation home rental to another person without a valid vacation home rental license approved and issued in the manner provided for by this Chapter.” source
19.41.013(A)“The total number of vacation home rental licenses allowed within the City of Twentynine Palms shall be limited to 500 detached, single-family houses.” source
19.41.015(D)“A licensed short-term rental of any detached, single-family dwelling or any portion thereof for occupancy for a minimum of one consecutive night, but no more than 30 consecutive calendar days in duration.” source
19.41.065(H)“Maximum overnight occupancy [...] shall be limited to two persons per bedroom, plus two additional persons, excluding persons 5 years of age or younger.” source
Citation: Chapter 19.41 Vacation Home Rental; Ord. No. 299, sec. 4(Exh. A), 2-24-2022 (history note on all sections fetched).
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