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Short-term rental rules in Avila Beach, CA
How Avila Beach regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Rules here limit which homes may operate as short-term rentals, how many, where, or for how many nights a year.
- Coastal-zone density/separation standard across all Residential and Recreation land-use categories (§23.08.165(c)(3))
- Turnover limited to four individual tenancies per calendar month per residence
- Coastal Vacation Rental requires a Zoning Clearance, County Business License, and Transient Occupancy Tax registration
- Residential Vacation Rentals ordinance (Ord. 3435, Title 23) certified by the California Coastal Commission
Based on: SLO County Coastal Zone Land Use Ordinance (Title 23) § 23.08.165 Residential Vacation Rentals, Avila Beach location
Summary of the rule
Avila Beach (§ 23.08.165 c(3)): in all Residential and Recreation land use categories, no parcel approved for a VR if within 50 feet of another parcel with a VR/visitor-serving unit (measured property line to property line; for condos, the wall of the individual unit)
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