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RestrictedVisalia requires a short-term rental permit from the city planner for rentals of less than thirty days, and the rules apply in all R-S and R-M zones with no more than one short-term rental unit per parcel. The code says nothing about what happens to the permit when the property is sold.
The rules, with their sources
Permit or licenseA permit or license is required before operating.L117.32.166(A) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Hosted onlyThe code does not limit rentals to hosted stays.L1Visalia Municipal Code 17.32.166 Short-term rental permits (Ord. 2025-15 Sec. 2 (part), 2025: Ord. 2024-12, 2025: Ord. 2023-11, 2023); transient occupancy tax Chapter 3.28, section 3.28.020 (prior code Sec. 1801) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Caps and limitsNo citywide numeric cap. One unit per parcel: 17.32.166(B)(20) provides that short-term rentals shall not exceed one unit per parcel in any residentially zoned district.L117.32.166(B)(20) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
Transfer when the home sellsCode silent on transfer. Section 17.32.166 contains no sentence about sale, transfer, assignment, change of ownership or running with the land. The standards are written as duties of the owner, the permit number must appear in all advertising, and the owner must hold a valid city business licence, so in practice a new owner should expect to apply in the owner's own name, but the code does not say so and this should not be presented to a buyer as settled.L1Visalia Municipal Code 17.32.166 Short-term rental permits (Ord. 2025-15 Sec. 2 (part), 2025: Ord. 2024-12, 2025: Ord. 2023-11, 2023); transient occupancy tax Chapter 3.28, section 3.28.020 (prior code Sec. 1801) · code text · checked 2026-09-13
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In the city's own words
17.32.166(A)“Short-term rental permits may be processed as an administrative matter by the city planner and no hearing shall be required.” source
17.32.166(B)(1)“"Short-term rental" shall mean the rental of a dwelling or a portion thereof by the owner to another person or group of persons for occupancy, dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes for a period of less than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days.” source
17.32.166(B)(20)“Short-term rentals shall not exceed one unit per parcel in any residentially zoned district.” source
17.32.166(B)“short-term rentals are subject to the following operational standards in all R-S and R-M zones citywide” source
Citation: Visalia Municipal Code 17.32.166 Short-term rental permits (Ord. 2025-15 Sec. 2 (part), 2025: Ord. 2024-12, 2025: Ord. 2023-11, 2023); transient occupancy tax Chapter 3.28, section 3.28.020 (prior code Sec. 1801)
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