Vacation Rental Regulations

County Code pertaining to Vacation Rentals:

Current ordinances related to vacation rentals in unincorporated Sonoma County:

Vacation Rental Ordinance – Ordinance No. 6427 – Adopted May 16, 2023.
Created a Vacation Rental business license requirement and process.
Vacation Rental Ordinance - Ordinance No. 6423 (PDF) – Adopted April 24, 2023.
Applied cap and exclusion zones to specific parcels in the 1^st, 4^th and 5^th supervisorial districts..
Vacation Rental Ordinance - Ordinance No. 6386 (PDF) – Adopted August 22, 2022.
Changes relocate vacation rentals regulations to a new section of the County Code.
Vacation Rental Ordinance Signed Final Resolution (PDF)
Vacation Rental Ordinance Signed Final Summary Report Packet (PDF)

Urgency Ordinances

Moratorium on New Vacation Rentals in the Unincorporated County (Adopted June 14, 2022; Expires May 9, 2023)
Temporary Cap on Vacation Rental Ordinance in the First and Fifth Supervisorial Districts (Adopted December 15, 2020; Expires August 6, 2022)
Sonoma Complex Fire Disaster Recovery Ordinance Chapter 40 Article IV Sec. 40-47(Adopted December 14, 2021; Expires December 31, 2022)
Kincade Disaster Recovery Ordinance Chapter 40A Article IV Sec. 40-47(Adopted December 14, 2021; Expires December 31, 2022)
LNU Lightning Complex Fires Recovery Ordinance Chapter 40C Article IV Sec. 40-47(Adopted September 15, 2020; Expires December 31, 2022)
Glass Incident Disaster Recovery Chapter 40D Article IV Sec. 40-47 (Adopted November 17, 2020; Expires December 31, 2022)