Placer County has adopted a new short-term rental ordinance after months of consideration and public commentary.
The County created the ordinance after complaints from local residents about noise, parking, and safety.
The ordinance only applies to short-term rentals located above 5,000 ft which is meant to exclude those properties not in the Tahoe region of Placer County.
The ordinance states:
All short-term rentals in eastern Placer County that are located above the 5,000-foot elevation must have a permit to operate along with a Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) certificate. March 31 of each year is the deadline for property owners to apply, and that authority may be delegated to an agent with written permission.
The ordinance will exempt short-term rentals within both resorts and residential associations. To qualify for the exemption, property owners must provide a formal written request and live in an association that has regulations for parking, noise and trash.
The ordinance requires property owners to submit a short-term rental application that includes the name of a local contact person to respond to complaints from neighbors, the number of bedrooms, total number of parking spaces in the rental and the maximum occupancy allowed.
The ordinance restricts occupancy of short-term rentals to two people per bedroom, with an additional two people allowed to stay in the house but does not apply to children age 16 or under.
The ordinance also requires a life-safety inspection by the fire district, to make sure homes are equipped with smoke and carbon monoxide detectors and that barbecues and outdoor fireplaces are in compliance.
The permit must be renewed annually, and went into effect Jan. 1, 2020, with property owners required to obtain a short-term rental permit by March 31. The Placer County Website has a page designated for this process to walk applicants through the filing in several easy steps. Click here to visit the page.
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