Anaheim

Operating rules

Primary residence

No

Min stay (nights)

3

Max nights / year

—

Max occupancy

Occupancy is capped by bedroom count (effective Jan 1, 2017, AMC 4.05.100.0111): studio = 2; 1 BR = 4; 2 BR = 7; 3 BR = 9; 4 BR = 11; 5 BR = 13; 6 BR = 15; 7 BR = 17; 8 BR = 19. Dwellings with more than 8 bedrooms are capped at 19 occupants. If the permit sets a lower limit, that lower limit governs. A dwelling with permitted occupancy over 10 must install a State Fire Marshal-approved automatic sprinkler system unless the permit restricts occupancy to 10 or fewer (AMC 4.05.100.0103(e)).

Zoning-restricted

Yes

Cap on licenses

No hard numeric cap in the code, but new permits are not issued (new STRs prohibited since Aug 11, 2016), so the permitted set is a closed, shrinking legacy class. Secondary-source reporting (not primary-source verified) indicates roughly 277 STRs were initially eligible under the 2019 update and about 222 were operating by mid-2019; these figures are approximate and left out of the numeric field.

Grandfathering: yes

Zoning: STRs are no longer an allowable use in any Single-Family Residential Zone (AMC 18.04.020), Multiple-Family Residential Zone (AMC 18.06.020), or any other zone in which residential use is permitted or conditionally permitted (AMC 4.05.020, 4.05.040.030). Only pre-moratorium / qualifying grandfathered STRs (including pre-moratorium home-share STRs) may continue. STRs in the C-G General Commercial Zone authorized by a conditional use permit approved before the Sept 15, 2015 moratorium may continue and may obtain new permits.

• 'Pre-Moratorium Short-Term Rental' (AMC 4.05.030) = a Short-Term Rental authorized by City permit before Aug 11, 2016, or whose pending application was filed before Sept 16, 2015 and approved after Aug 11, 2016.
• Ord. 6466 (June 18, 2019) created three classes exempt from the 4.05.180 amortization/termination — 'Qualifying Pre-Moratorium Short-Term Rentals,' 'CC&R Restricted Short-Term Rentals,' and 'Pre-Moratorium Home Share Short-Term Rentals' — each defined by having a valid permit and operating as an STR as of June 1, 2019 and being the subject of a timely-filed hardship-extension application (AMC 4.05.030; 4.05.180.0101).
• The 2016 ordinance's 18-month amortization would have terminated pre-moratorium STRs after Feb 11, 2018 (AMC 4.05.180.010). An 18-month affidavit extension (to Aug 11, 2019) and case-by-case hardship extensions were available before the 2019 exemption (AMC 4.05.180.015, .020).
• CC&R Restricted Short-Term Rentals (STRs in an HOA whose CC&Rs prohibit STRs) are prohibited in residential zones after Dec 31, 2022, with a one-time option to convey the permit to a property not in a CC&R-restricted community, subject to a Minor CUP or neighbor-consent process (AMC 4.05.180.0102).
• STR permit does NOT run with the land — it is personal to the owner (AMC 4.05.070.020); on change of ownership a transfer/change-of-ownership application must be filed within 14 days (AMC 4.05.060.110).
• Minimum 2 off-street parking spaces required; occupant vehicles must park in an approved driveway/garage; no recreational vehicles/boats/trailers parked at the property or on the street during rental periods (AMC 4.05.100.0112, .0107).
• Quiet time 10 p.m.–9 a.m.: no amplified/reproduced sound audible outside and no outdoor pool/spa/court activities during those hours; no on-site exterior STR signage; use limited to overnight lodging (no weddings, receptions, parties, or commercial events) (AMC 4.05.100.0108, .0113, .0117, .0118).
• A 24/7 local contact (owner/agent/local contact) must be available by phone and be on the premises within 45 minutes of an enforcement officer's or Police Department's request (AMC 4.05.030 def. G; 4.05.100.0105, .0115).