Vacation Rental Regulations

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)

• 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)