A. 
No person shall rent any residential dwelling, or any portion of a residential dwelling, to any other person for 30 consecutive days or less, whether in exchange for monetary consideration or any form of any non-monetary consideration, including trade, fee, swap or other consideration in lieu of payment. For purposes of this section, "residential dwelling" means a private structure that is designed and available, pursuant to applicable law, for use and occupancy by one or more individuals. "Residential dwelling" does not include a commercially operated hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or a time-share property as defined by Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 11212(aa).
B. 
No property owner or tenant, or any agent or representative thereof, shall post, publish, circulate, broadcast or maintain any advertisement of rental prohibited by the provisions of this section. Each day that an advertisement is posted, published, circulated, broadcast or maintained by such person in violation of this section is a separate offense.
C. 
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to excuse the non-payment of any transient occupancy tax that may be due pursuant to Chapter 3.12 of this code, nor shall payment of such transient occupancy tax or the collection thereof by the City be deemed to authorize any activity otherwise prohibited by this section.
(Ord. 07-2025, 10/7/2025)
A. 
Purpose. The purpose of this section is to require reporting of short-term rental activity in the City of Sausalito in accordance with the Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2025 (SB 346), as set forth in Government Code Section 50990 et seq.
B. 
Definitions. For purposes of this section, "marketplace," "short-term rental" and "short-term rental facilitator" shall have the meaning set forth in Government Code Section 50991, and an "operator" shall mean the person who lists a short-term rental for rent on a marketplace operated by a "short-term rental facilitator."
C. 
Reporting Requirements.
1. 
Upon request of the City Finance Director, each short-term rental facilitator shall report, in the form and manner prescribed by the City Finance Director, the physical address, including nine-digit ZIP Code, of each short-term rental occurring in the prior month, by no later than the twentieth day of the following month.
2. 
If the above information is not sufficient, the City Finance Director may request, if necessary to identify a short term rental, the following:
a. 
The assessor parcel number of each short-term rental.
b. 
The URL associated with the specific short-term rental listing.
c. 
Information exclusively related to the identification of an accessory dwelling unit, guest house, or single unit of a timeshare or multifamily housing project located at a single address, which is located at the address or assessor parcel number requested.
3. 
The Finance Director may conduct an audit or otherwise examine the records of the short-term rental facilitator documenting the receipt of the transient occupancy tax due and payable to the City.
D. 
Collection Requirements.
1. 
A short-term rental facilitator that processes payments for a short-term rental shall be responsible for collecting all applicable transient occupancy tax that would be due to the City under Chapter 3.12 of this code and remitting the same to the City. The short-term rental facilitator shall be considered an agent of the operator of the short-term rental for purposes of transient occupancy tax collections and remittance. In lieu of the registration requirements in section 3.12.060, the short-term rental facilitator may enter into a collection agreement with the City in a form approved by the City Attorney.
2. 
If a short-term rental facilitator does not collect payment for short-term rentals, the operator is solely responsible for the collection of all applicable transient occupancy taxes.
E. 
Enforcement. Violations of this section are subject to penalty as set forth in section 5.16.020.
F. 
Safe Harbor. A short-term rental facilitator that complies with all applicable reporting and collection provisions of this section shall not be deemed to be in violation of section 5.16.010. Collection and payment of transient occupancy tax by the short-term rental facilitator shall not be deemed to authorize any activity by the operator that is prohibited by section 5.16.010.
(Ord. 02-2026, 3/3/2026)
Violations of this chapter shall be an infraction subject to the following fines:
A. 
A fine not exceeding $1,500 for a first violation.
B. 
A fine not exceeding $3,000 for a second violation of the same ordinance within one year.
C. 
A fine not exceeding $5,000 for each additional violation of the same ordinance within one year of the first violation.
(Ord. 07-2025, 10/7/2025)