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Short-term rental rules in Inglewood, CA
How Inglewood 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.
- primary-residence-only requirement (365-day owner occupancy before application)
- whole-home (un-hosted) STR tethered within 1,000 feet of the operator's primary residence
- natural-person operators only — business entities and corporations barred
- STR permit required plus 15.5% transient occupancy tax
Based on: Inglewood Municipal Code Ch. 8 Art. 11 (Short-Term Rentals), added by Ord. No. 22-15 (adopted 7-19-2022)
Summary of the rule
Per the City of Inglewood STR Division Regulations (IMC Ch. 8 Art. 11, added by Ord. No. 22-15, adopted 7-19-2022): 'The Short Term Rental must be the primary residence in which the Host owns and resides' for 'at least 365 consecutive days prior to application submittal,' and an un-hosted 'vacation' rental 'must be within 1000 feet of the property line of the primary residence.' The enacted ordinance limits STR use to 'primary residences only' and to 'Only natural persons, as opposed to business entities or corporations.' A non-resident / investor whole-home operator is foreclosed.
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