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Short-term rental rules in Mammoth Lakes, CA
How Mammoth Lakes 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.
- Measure Z zoning exclusion: RSF / RR / RMF1
- Nightly rental permitted only in commercial, resort, SP, RMF2
- 2023 condo STR moratorium, then certified properties in 2024
- Business license TOT required
Based on: Mammoth Lakes Municipal Code Title 17 (Zoning), Measure Z / Ordinance 15-08
Summary of the rule
Ord. 15-08 (Measure Z) amended Mun.Code §17.20.010: 'Transient Occupancy or Rental, Hotels and Motels ... uses are not permitted' in RSF, RR, and RMF-1 zones; transient rental allowed only in Resort, RMF-2 (use permit), Specific Plan, Commercial
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Last reviewed Sep 8, 2026 · Sources · Report an error
Pending legislation
Monitoring Mammoth Lakes · system last checked Oct 25, 2026
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