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Short-term rental rules in Paso Robles, CA
How Paso Robles regulates short-term rentals: the rules that apply, their sources, and pending changes.
Short-term rentals here operate under a registration or permit system with ongoing operating rules.
- whole-home (non-hosted) STR permitted in residential zones with a short-term rental permit
- modest separation requirement between non-hosted STRs (R-1 minimum 100 feet, measured from property perimeter)
- no citywide numeric cap; maximum of 2 non-hosted permits per legal parcel
- multifamily developments of 4+ units excluded from non-hosted STR; permit plus TOT and business license required
Based on: Paso Robles Municipal Code Ch. 21.64 (Short-Term Rentals), Art. 5 of Title 21 Zoning
Summary of the rule
Paso Robles Municipal Code § 21.64.030 (Permit requirements), Table 21.64.030-1: a short-term rental permit 'may be issued' for a non-hosted accommodation for a Primary dwelling, Second unit, and Residential portions of mixed-use structures; interpretations bar only multifamily apartment units (4+ dwellings per lot) from non-hosted use and cap permits at 'No more than 2 non-hosted short-term rental permits will be issued per legal parcel.' § 21.64.030(C) subjects non-hosted permits to Table 21.64.030-2 (Non-Hosted Accommodation Separation Requirement), which sets the R-1 single-family residential minimum separation at 100 feet (measured from property perimeter; not applicable to a second STR on the same lot). There is no citywide numeric cap ('total number'/'shall not exceed' does not appear for STR). Non-hosted whole-home STR is permitted in residential zones subject to a permit + a modest 100-ft separation + max 2/parcel — a non-foreclosing device.
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