5.68.050 Eligibility requirements.
The following requirements must be met at the time of submitting an application for a permit to operate a Short-Term Rental:
A. The Applicant’s Primary Residence must be located in the City.
B. The Dwelling Unit shall not be an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) or a Junior Accessory Dwelling Unit (JADU) for which a construction permit was applied for on January 1, 2020, or later.
C. The Dwelling Unit shall not be a deed-restricted affordable housing unit, in a special group residence, or a single-room occupancy.
D. A Long-Term Tenant shall not operate a Short-Term Rental without prior written approval of the Owner, such written approval to be provided to the City at the time of application for a Short-Term Rental Permit. An Owner may proactively prohibit Short-Term Rental subletting by tenants at any or all of their owned properties by submitting a notification in writing to the Development Services Department.
E. The Applicant shall not have been subject to a Short-Term Rental Permit revocation during the previous 24-month period.
F. The Dwelling Unit shall not have been subject to a Short-Term Rental Permit revocation during the previous 24-month period; provided, that the Director of Development Services may consider 100 percent transfers in Ownership of the Dwelling Unit in implementing this provision.
G. An Applicant may not hold a Short-Term Rental Permit for more than one Nonprimary Residence Short-Term Rental at any given time.
H. The Dwelling Unit shall not have been developed or converted as part of a two-unit residential development or Urban Lot Split Parcel Map pursuant to CVMC 19.58.450.
I. An active-duty member of the military who is currently deployed shall be eligible to operate their Dwelling as a Short-Term Rental. Proof of ownership within the City for at least one year prior to the date(s) of deployment, documented to the satisfaction of the Director of Development Services, shall be included as part of the application submittal.1
J. The Dwelling Unit shall not have been developed or converted as part of a two-unit residential development or Urban Lot Split Parcel Map pursuant to CVMC 19.58.450.1 (Ord. 3544 § 13, 2023; Ord. 3519 § 1, 2022; Ord. 3514 § 1, 2021).
1 Code reviser’s note: Ord. 3544 adds these provisions as subsections (H) and (I). The provisions have been relettered to avoid duplication of lettering.