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Short-term rental rules in Mount Shasta, CA
How Mount Shasta 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.
- Residential-zone exclusion: STRs prohibited in R-1, R-2 and R-3 zones
- STRs allowed only in C-1/C-2 commercial zones (no residential stock)
- Hard citywide cap: 3% of total City housing units
- Per-owner limit of two permits; 19-permit residential-zone sub-cap
Based on: Mt. Shasta Municipal Code Chapter 5.50 (Short-Term Rentals), Ord. CCO-23-01 (2023), amended by Ord. CCO-25-08 (2025)
Summary of the rule
MSMC 5.50.030(C): 'Short-term rentals are prohibited in R-1, R-2 and R-3 zones.' MSMC 5.50.040(A): 'Short-term rentals are allowed in C1 and C2 zones only. No more than two short-term rental permits shall be issued to any owner for short-term rentals.' STRs are foreclosed by-right across all residential zones holding the general housing stock; permitted only in C-1/C-2 commercial zones.
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