The objectives of the short-term rental regulations are:
(1) 
To allow for the efficient use and sharing of residential structures without detracting from residential neighborhoods' character.
(2) 
To ensure that the inventory of permanent dwelling units within the City are not reduced on an extended basis due to short-term rentals.
(3) 
To provide short-term lodging options for visitors to Inglewood in addition to traditional hotels and motels.
(4) 
To allow long-term Inglewood residents the opportunity to supplement household income and thereby benefit from Inglewood's status as a sports entertainment destination center.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
"Accessory dwelling unit (ADU)"
shall mean a dwelling unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons that: (a) is located on a parcel with another primary, single-unit dwelling as defined by State law; and (b) includes permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation on the same parcel as the single-unit dwelling's location.
"Bedroom"
shall mean any habitable space in a dwelling unit other than a kitchen, bathroom or living room that is intended for or capable of being used for sleeping, is at least seventy square feet in area, is separated from other rooms by a door, and is accessible to a bathroom without crossing another bedroom.
"Booking transaction"
shall mean any reservation or payment service provided by a person or entity who facilitates a short-term rental transaction between a prospective visitor and short-term rental host.
"Dwelling unit"
shall mean one or more rooms designed, occupied, or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with full cooking, sleeping, and bathroom facilities for the exclusive use of a single household.
"Guidelines"
shall mean additional regulations which may include, but are not limited to, registration requirements, permit conditions, reporting requirements, inspection frequencies, enforcement procedures, advertising restrictions, disclosure requirements, administrative subpoena procedures, insurance requirements, or other provisions designed to carry out the intent of this Article. Said guidelines may be updated from time to time by City Council resolution. No person shall fail to comply with any such guidelines.
"Habitable space"
shall mean a space in a building for sleeping. Bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage utility spaces, and similar areas are not habitable spaces.
"Initial inspection"
shall mean any inspection conducted by the City's Code Enforcement Division, or designee, incident to the review of an application for an initial short-term rental permit. The City shall inspect the interior and exterior of the subject property, including any improvements thereon, determine maximum occupancy and parking capacity for the property, and verify compliance with the standards of this Article and other applicable City Code provisions.
"Local contact person"
shall mean a person twenty-five years or older who shall be available seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day during the term of any short-term rental for the purposes of: (a) responding within sixty minutes to complaints regarding the condition or operation of the dwelling unit or portion thereof, or the conduct of short-term rental transient occupants; and (b) taking appropriate remedial action up to and including the immediate termination of the short-term rental if allowed by any agreement to resolve such complaints.
"Loud or unruly conduct"
shall mean any of the following, if in violation of any provision of the Inglewood Municipal Code or State law:
(a) 
Loud noise;
(b) 
Obstruction of a street or public right-of-way, including a sidewalk;
(c) 
Public intoxication or drinking in public;
(d) 
The service of alcoholic beverages to minors;
(e) 
Possession and/or consumption of alcohol by minors;
(f) 
Assault, battery, fights, domestic violence or other disturbances of the peace;
(g) 
The sale or service of alcoholic beverages without a required State license;
(h) 
Vandalism or destruction of property;
(i) 
Litter;
(j) 
Urinating or defecating in public;
(k) 
Trespassing;
(l) 
Unlawful possession or use of controlled substances, including, but not limited to, cannabis.
"Loud or unruly gathering"
shall mean a gathering of persons at a dwelling unit where loud or unruly conduct occurs or within fifty feet of the property line of the dwelling unit, and which threatens or interferes with the public health, safety or welfare, or the comfortable enjoyment of life and property.
"Owner"
shall mean a natural person(s) who has an interest in the property as provided for in the property deed. The term "owner" also includes a personal or family trust consisting solely of natural persons and the trustees of such trust. For the purposes of this Article, the term "owner" does not include a business entity of any type, nor any person whose interest in a dwelling unit is solely that of a tenant, subtenant, lessee, or sublessee under an oral or written rental housing agreement.
"Party house"
shall mean a dwelling unit, the curtilage of a dwelling unit, or any part of the residence, or property that is leased or rented for the purpose of holding parties or gatherings of the type that hotel ballrooms or other event spaces are typically rented; or where there is a loud or unruly gathering.
"Primary residence"
shall mean the dwelling unit or usual place of return for housing as documented by at least two of the following and in the host's name: motor vehicle registration; driver's license; voter registration; tax documents showing the residential unit as the host's residence; or a utility or cellular phone bill. A person may have only one primary residence and must reside there for a minimum of three hundred sixty-five days from the application submittal.
"Renewal inspection(s)"
shall mean upon the application for renewal of a short-term renewal permit, the subject property may be re-inspected, by the City's Code Enforcement, short-term rental inspectors or housing inspection personnel, or any City designee, based on standards established by the City to ensure continued compliance with the standards of this Article and other applicable City Code provisions.
"Short-term rental"
shall mean a dwelling unit (rented in whole or in part) in which an applicant hosts visitors in their dwelling unit, for compensation, for periods of thirty consecutive days or less.
"Short-term rental host"
shall mean a natural person, as of the date the rental application is submitted pursuant to Section 8-141(1), who has occupied the dwelling unit that is the subject of the rental application as his or her primary residence for at least the prior three hundred sixty-five consecutive days.
"Short-term rental hosted"
shall mean a dwelling unit rented in part for which the short-term rental host rents out a room and remains in the dwelling unit during the stay.
"Short-term rental hosting platform"
shall mean anyone who participates in the short-term rental or vacation business by collecting or receiving a fee, directly or indirectly through an agent or intermediary, for conducting a booking transaction using any medium of facilitation.
"Short-term rental permit" or "permit"
shall mean a City approved document granting a short-term rental host permission to rent a dwelling unit or part of a dwelling unit on a short-term basis. A short-term basis is thirty consecutive days or less to the same person. A short-term rental permit shall not grant permission for simultaneous uses.
"Short-term rental unhosted"
shall mean renting an entire dwelling unit for which the short-term rental host does not remain in the dwelling unit. Short-term rental unhosted is limited to one booking per dwelling per stay.
"Vacation rental(s)"
shall mean a short-term rental unhosted. Vacation rentals may occur for a maximum of ninety days per calendar year, but in blocks of thirty consecutive days or less. Rentals of units located within City-approved hotels, motels, and bed and breakfasts shall not be considered a vacation rental.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
Establishment of a short-term rental or vacation rental shall be subject to the approval of a short-term rental permit. No person shall rent, offer to rent, or advertise for rent a unit as a short-term rental without a valid permit issued by the City pursuant to and in the manner provided for by this Article.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
(1) 
No party house rentals or uses allowed.
(2) 
A short-term rental permit may not be assigned or transferred.
(3) 
Short-term rental hosted may be allowed for an unlimited number of nights per calendar year, but in blocks of thirty consecutive days or less. This subsection does not apply to vacation rentals.
(4) 
Short-term rental unhosted may be allowed for a maximum of ninety nights per calendar year, but in blocks of thirty consecutive days or less.
(5) 
Accessory dwelling units (ADU) permitted on or after January 1, 2017, may not be used as a short-term rental.
(6) 
Any residence, or dwelling unit, subject to affordable housing covenants, and/or is income-restricted under City, State, or Federal laws is not eligible for use as a short-term rental.
(7) 
Unpermitted dwelling units may not be used as short-term rentals, including, but not limited to, tents, recreational vehicles and trailers.
(8) 
In a short-term rental, there shall be no more than four persons per room of which again will consist of no more than two adult guests per room.
(9) 
A short-term rental may not be operated concurrently with active construction permits or operated at a site with open code violation(s).
(10) 
Short-term rental host must be the owner and have resided at the dwelling unit for at least the last three hundred sixty-five consecutive days prior to application submittal. For vacation rentals see Section 8-140(1).
(11) 
A short-term rental host may not advertise their short-term rental unit onsite in a visible way from any public space.
(12) 
A short-term rental host must provide the Uniform Resource Locator (URL, i.e., the web site address) for any and all advertisements of the rental on the short-term rental permit application if a web service is used.
(13) 
A short-term rental host must provide the names and proof of publications of any and all advertisements of the rental on the short-term rental permit application that were done outside of a web service.
(14) 
Transient occupancy taxes (TOT) shall be collected by all short-term rental hosts pursuant to Chapter 9, Article 8 of this Code. If a short-term rental host platform does not receive payment for the rental, short-term rental hosts are solely responsible for collecting all applicable TOT and remittance of the collected tax to the City. If a short-term rental host platform does collect payment for rentals, then it and the short-term rental host shall have legal responsibility for the TOT's collection and remittance.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
(1) 
Vacation rentals shall be eligible for the following property types provided that the vacation rental is within one thousand feet of the property line of the primary residence; the property owner has been a resident in the City of Inglewood for a minimum of ten consecutive years; has owned their current primary residence for a minimum of five consecutive years; and has owned the vacation rental for a minimum of three hundred sixty-five consecutive days, immediately preceding the submittal of the application:
(a) 
Single-family homes, and condominiums whose owner(s) is defined in Section 8-137. For these property types that have a Homeowners Association (HOA), written approval (on HOA letterhead) will be required by the HOA with contact information to verify the approval if needed.
(b) 
Properties containing two units, whose owner(s) is as defined in Section 8-137, in which one of the units is the owner's primary place of residence, continues in occupancy, and the owner's tenancy existed prior to the tenancy of the other unit or the other unit is vacant.
(c) 
Properties containing two to four units, whose owner(s) is defined in Section 8-137, and the owner's primary residence is also established and continuous.
(d) 
Owners of properties in subsections (b) and (c) that are subject to Chapter 8, Articles 9 and 10, shall not operate a short-term rental until and unless the property is registered with the Housing Protection Department, and all fees, fines and penalties have been paid.
(2) 
Only one unit can qualify as a vacation rental.
(3) 
If more than one dwelling unit is on the parcel, the owner's primary residence must be located on the property.
(4) 
The proposed vacation unit must be vacant.
(5) 
Be available for rent ninety calendar days or less and in blocks of thirty consecutive days or less per calendar year.
(6) 
Be allowed only as long as the short-term rental permit is valid.
(7) 
Be subject to Sections 8-139 and 8-141 of this Article.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
Notwithstanding any provision of this Code to the contrary, short-term rentals shall be authorized in the City, provided that the short-term rental host:
(1) 
Completes a short-term rental application provided by the City. Such application shall include, but is not limited to:
(a) 
Address and Assessor's Parcel Number where the short-term rental will take place;
(b) 
The identification of the type of use desired, e.g., short-term rental hosted, unhosted, vacation rental;
(c) 
Type of dwelling unit (e.g., single-family home, duplex, triplex, four-plex);
(d) 
The total number of residents of the dwelling unit;
(e) 
A list of all persons that will be a short-term rental host for the unit;
(f) 
Legal name, address, email address, and telephone number of all short-term rental host(s), agent(s) of said host and local contact person(s) of the property proposed to operate as a short-term rental unit;
(g) 
A floor plan or diagram of each bedroom, office, den, living room, etc., in the dwelling unit;
(h) 
The floor plan or diagram shall provide information for each bedroom, including whether or not the room will be rented, and the locations of all fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detectors;
(i) 
A link or website address to all short-term rental hosting platforms advertising the dwelling unit. This information shall be submitted within five days of an applicant receiving a permit and having placed an advertisement;
(j) 
An affidavit/covenant certifying that the short-term rental host will comply with all of the short-term rental ordinance provisions, conditions for operating a short-term rental, and all relevant laws or be subject to revocation of their short-term rental permit;
(k) 
Written permission from the Homeowners Association (HOA) if applicable.
(2) 
Obtains and maintains at all times a valid short-term rental permit.
(3) 
Operates the short-term rental activity in compliance with all short-term rental permit conditions, which may be imposed by the City to effectuate the purpose of this Article.
(4) 
Maintains liability insurance to cover short-term rental hosting with minimum limits of not less than $500,000 or conducts each short-term rental hosting transaction through a short-term rental hosting platform that provides equal or greater coverage.
(5) 
Collects and remits transient occupancy tax ("TOT"), in coordination with any short-term rental host platform if utilized, to the City and complies with all City TOT requirements as set forth in Article 8 of Chapter 9 of this Code.
(6) 
Takes responsibility for and actively prevents, or immediately abates (within one hour) any nuisance activities that may take place as a result of short-term rental activities.
(7) 
Complies with all applicable laws and regulations, including the City's Noise Regulations (Article 2 of Chapter 5 of the Inglewood Municipal Code), all health, safety, building, and fire protection laws.
(8) 
Ensures that basic health and safety features are provided, including fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide detectors.
(9) 
Agrees to provide guests with a clearly visible and legible notice with an evacuation route and emergency instructions that is inclusive of the locations of all fire extinguishers, smoke detectors, and carbon monoxide alarms. The notice shall also include trash pickup day and the rules and regulations regarding trash removal, including, without limitation, when trash may be left out.
(10) 
Limits guest on street parking to one vehicle per booking.
(11) 
Provides information on noise regulations, quiet hours, trash and recycling requirements to prospective guests, prior to their occupancy of the unit. Host shall also inform guests of any cameras on the property.
(12) 
Provides a code of conduct to all guests that includes the relevant provisions of this Article and other information to address behavioral, safety, security, and other matters as may be provided in any guidelines.
(13) 
Agrees to affix the short-term rental permit on the inside of the main entry door of each short-term rental unit to which it applies. The interior display will also contain the maximum number of overnight occupants permitted to stay in the unit, any parking restrictions, and a twenty-four-hour, seven-day per week local phone number of the agent responsible for the short-term rental unit.
(14) 
Consents to receive all City notices and citations regarding their short-term rental activities by U.S. mail and/or email.
(15) 
Accepts and agrees that the validity of a short-term rental permit is predicated upon obtaining and maintaining a valid short-term rental business tax certificate.
(16) 
Keeps and preserves, for a minimum period of three years, all records regarding each short-term rental event, including the length of stay and the price paid for each stay, and any other records required by and guidelines promulgated by the City.
(17) 
Agrees, on the short-term rental application, to the City's inspection of records at all reasonable times and places for the purposes of enforcement of this Section.
(18) 
Is found to be in compliance with the relevant Inglewood Municipal Codes upon an initial inspection and any renewal inspection(s).
(19) 
Complies with the regulations contained within this Article and/or any short-term rental guidelines.
(20) 
Places the City issued registration number on all advertisements.
(21) 
Consents to be listed on a registry created by the City and updated periodically by the City. The City may publish the registry, and a copy shall be provided to any person upon request.
(22) 
Accepts that a short-term rental permit may be valid for one year, which may be renewed by the short-term rental host by filing a completed renewal application. Initial and renewal applications shall be in a form prescribed by the City.
(23) 
Agrees that the City shall determine, in its sole discretion, the completeness of an application. Upon receipt of a complete initial application, the City shall:
(a) 
Send mailed notice to the owner of record of the short-term rental, informing the owner that an application has been received;
(b) 
Mail notice to any applicable homeowner's association that the subject's site is contained within as well as any owners and occupants of all abutting properties;
(c) 
Hold the application for up to sixty days after sending such notice;
(d) 
Review and consider any information submitted by any such homeowner association, neighboring owner or occupant, or member of the public regarding the resident's eligibility and/or the dwelling unit for listing on the registry (see Section 8-141(21)) received during the sixty-day hold period.
(24) 
Provides on both the initial application, and any renewal application, information sufficient to show that the short-term rental is the applicant's dwelling unit. Additionally, the City may require information necessary to show dwelling unit compliance with this Article. Residency shall be established by showing that the short-term rental is listed as the applicant's dwelling unit on bills from two of the following utilities: water, gas or electric covering at least the last three hundred sixty-five consecutive days of application submittal (for vacation rentals see Section 8-140(1)) plus one of the following:
(a) 
Motor vehicle registration;
(b) 
Driver's license;
(c) 
Tax documents showing the short-term rental as the resident's dwelling unit for tax purposes.
(25) 
Provides on any new and renewal application sufficient information to show that the applicant is the resident and has occupied the dwelling unit for at least three hundred sixty-five consecutive days of application submittal. For vacation rentals see Section 8-140(1). Upon the City's determination that an application is complete, the short-term rental shall be entered into the short-term rental registry (Section 8-141(21)) and assigned an individual registration number.
(26) 
Understands and agrees that the fee for both the initial application and all renewal applications shall be non-refundable as listed in the City's Master Fee Schedule and payable to the City of Inglewood. The non-refundable application fee shall be due at the time of application submittal.
(27) 
Required to provide an annual statement of gross earnings.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
(1) 
Appeals. The applicant may appeal any permit denial, suspension or revocation as set forth in this Article. The appeal shall be filed with a non-refundable fee listed in the City's Master Fee Schedule, paid to the City in the Finance Department office no later than fifteen calendar days after the date of the notice of the denial (suspension, or revocation) is mailed. Should the aforementioned fifteenth calendar day fall on a day that the City is closed for business, then the next City business day shall be considered the fifteenth day. The appeal shall be heard by the Permits and Licenses Committee no later than forty-five calendar days after the appeal is filed. A decision shall be rendered no later than ten calendar days after the appeal hearing. The decision of the Permits and Licenses Committee shall be final.
(2) 
Denial, Suspension, or Revocation. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code to the contrary, the City Manager, or designee, may require the denial, suspension, or revocation of any short-term rental permit. The denial, suspension, or revocation shall become effective fifteen calendar days after the mailing of a notice of intent to deny, suspend, or revoke. An appeal may be filed pursuant to Section 8-142(1).
(3) 
Grounds for Denial, Suspension or Revocation. A permit issued pursuant to this Article may be denied, suspended or revoked upon any of the following grounds:
(a) 
A material misrepresentation, false or misleading information was included on the application or renewal application;
(b) 
A violation of any provision under this Article, any applicable provision of this Code and/or any other applicable law, rule or regulation has occurred on the premises of the short-term rental;
(c) 
An authorized official has given notification of existing health or safety violations on the property or non-compliance with applicable laws, rules or regulations relating to health and safety;
(d) 
A permit for the property has been revoked in the previous twelve months, unless the property has been sold and the new owner can demonstrate to the City that a change of property ownership occurred during that time period;
(e) 
The applicant is delinquent in the payment of any outstanding fees, assessments or taxes owed to the City related to any property located in the City that is owned, including, but not limited to, transient occupancy taxes (TOT).
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
(1) 
Short-term rental host platforms shall be responsible for collecting all applicable TOTs and remitting the same to the City. The short-term rental host platform shall be considered an agent of the short-term rental host for purposes of TOT collections and remittance responsibilities as set forth in Article 8, Chapter 9 of this Code.
(2) 
Subject to applicable laws, short-term rental host platforms shall disclose to the City, on a monthly basis, each short-term rental or vacation rental listing located in the City, the names of the persons responsible for each such listing, the address of each such listing, the length of stay for each such listing and the price paid for each stay. Said disclosures shall be in electronic form.
(3) 
Short-term rental host platforms shall remove any improper listings within five calendar days of the City providing written, including electronic, notification of an unpermitted or unauthorized short-term rental.
(4) 
Short-term rental host platforms shall not collect or receive a fee, directly or indirectly through an agent or intermediary, for facilitating or providing services ancillary to an unregistered short-term rental or vacation rental, including, but not limited to, insurance, concierge services, catering, restaurant bookings, tours, guide services, entertainment, cleaning, property management, or maintenance of the short-term rental.
(5) 
A short-term rental host platform operating exclusively on the Internet, which operates in compliance with subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) above, shall be presumed to be in compliance with this Article, except that the short-term rental hosting platform remains responsible for compliance with the administrative subpoena provisions of Section 8-147(6).
(6) 
Within forty-five days of the effective date of the ordinance codified in this Article, short-term rental host platforms with listings located in the City shall provide to the City contact information for an employee or representative of the short-term rental host platform that will be responsible for responding to requests for information from the City, including requests related to possible violations of this Article.
(7) 
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to a short-term rental host platform whenever it complies with any conflicting guidelines approved by City Council resolution that describe how the short-term rental host platform shall satisfy the short-term rental host platform responsibilities.
(8) 
The provisions of this Section shall be interpreted in accordance with otherwise applicable State and Federal law(s) and will not apply if determined by the City to be in violation of, or preempted by, any such law(s).
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
No person shall undertake, maintain, authorize, aid, facilitate, or advertise any vacation rental activity or any short-term rental activity that does not comply with this Article.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
If any provision of this Article conflicts with any provision of the Zoning Ordinance codified in Chapter 12 of this Code, the terms of this Article shall prevail.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
The City Council may establish and set by resolution all fees and charges as may be necessary to effectuate the purpose of this Article.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)
(1) 
It is unlawful to violate any provision of this Article. A violation of this Article by any person, short-term rental host, owner, or short-term rental host platform that violates its obligations under Section 8-143, shall be guilty of an infraction unless determined to be a misdemeanor pursuant to Article 1-18.3 of this Code.
(2) 
Any action by a short-term rental host or owner that is an infraction is punishable pursuant to Government Code Section 36900, or as that section may be amended from time to time.
(3) 
Any person convicted of violating any provision of this Article in a criminal case or found to violate this Article in a civil or administrative case brought by a law enforcement agency shall be ordered to reimburse the City and other participating law enforcement agencies their full investigative costs, pay all back TOTs, and remit all illegally obtained rental revenue to the City so that it may be returned to the short-term rental visitors or used to compensate victims of illegal short-term rental host activities.
(4) 
Any short-term rental host who violates any provision of this Article, or short-term rental host platform that violates its obligations under Section 8-143, may be subject to administrative fines and administrative penalties pursuant to Article 11.4 of Chapter 11 of this Code.
(5) 
Any interested person may seek an injunction or other relief to prevent or remedy violations of this Article.
(6) 
The City may issue and serve administrative subpoenas as necessary to obtain specific information regarding short-term rental or vacation rental listings located in the City, including, but not limited to, the names of the persons responsible for each such listing, the address of each such listing, the length of stay for each such listing and the price paid for each stay, to determine whether the short-term rental or vacation rental listing complies with this Article. Any subpoena issued pursuant to this Section shall not require the production of information sooner than thirty days from the date of service. A person that has been served with an administrative subpoena may seek judicial review during that thirty-day period.
(7) 
The remedies provided in this Article are not exclusive, and nothing in this Article shall preclude the use or application of any other remedies, penalties or procedures established by law.
(8) 
Each day, or a portion thereof, that a violation of this Article occurs or continues is considered a separate offense.
(Ord. 22-15 7-19-22)