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Short-term rental rules in Long Beach, WA
How Long 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.
- Vacation rentals prohibited outright in single-family residential zones (R1/R1R) and R2/R3/R3R and S1
- Allowed only conditionally (Conditional Use Permit) in R2R and S2 residential zones
- 200-foot separation required between vacation rentals in R2R/S2
- Permitted by-right only in commercial/resort/mixed-use zones (RC, OT, OTW, AC, C1, S3 family)
- Annual vacation-rental license/permit required; grandfathering only for pre-existing permitted rentals
Based on: Long Beach Municipal Code §12-11-9 (Short Term Vacation Rentals), as amended by Ord. 1008, adopted 11-21-2022; zone
Summary of the rule
Short-term vacation rentals are prohibited in the R1 (single-family residential) district and other core residential districts (R1R, R2, R3, R3R, S1); they are allowed only conditionally in the R2R and S2 zones subject to a Conditional Use Permit and a required distance greater than or equal to two hundred feet (200') measured from all property lines belonging to another permitted vacation rental, and by-right only in commercial/resort/mixed-use zones.
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