On November 28, 2022, the City of Palm Springs City Council adopted an Ordinance amending and reinstating Chapter 5.25 regarding Vacation Rentals.

This Ordinance establishes Neighborhood-based caps on Vacation Rental Registration Certificates issued.

The ordinance establishes a cap of twenty percent (20%) of all residential dwelling units located within a particular Neighborhood.  The ordinance would also allow this percentage to be modified, from time to time, by City Council resolution.

The Neighborhood-based cap will not affect any existing certificates that have already been issued by the City, even in Neighborhoods that exceed the percentage cap.  However, the City will not, under the ordinance, issue any additional VR certificates within that Neighborhood, unless and until the number of permits is lower than the percentage cap.  If and when that happens, certificates will be issued based on a “first in time, first in right” basis, based on the date that complete applications were submitted to the City.

Do you currently have a Vacation Rental Registration Certificate?

The Neighborhood-based cap will not affect any existing certificates that have already been issued by the City, even in Neighborhoods that exceed the percentage cap. 

Are you interested in applying for a Vacation Rental Registration Certificate?

Under the new Ordinance, the City will not issue any additional VR certificates within a Neighborhood that is at or above the Neighborhood Percentage cap of 20%. Your application will be returned.

Unless and until the number of permits is lower than the percentage cap,  If and when that happens, certificates will be issued based on a “first in time, first in right” basis, based on the date that complete applications were submitted to the City.

Are you currently in process to obtain a Vacation Rental Registration Certificate?

If your application was received completed and on file on or before October 17, 2022, you will not be effected by the proposed Ordinance as it relates to Neighborhood Percentage caps.

If your application was received completed and on file on or after October 18, 2022, the Neighborhood Percentage caps will be applicable. Certificates will be issued based on a “first in time, first in right” basis, based on the date that complete applications were submitted to the City.

• If you are interested in applying for a Vacation Rental Registration Certificate and the property is located in a Neighborhood that has a 20% or higher Vacation Rental to residential household percentage, your application will be retuned.

• You may request to be placed on a wait list for the respective neighborhood. 

This page will be updated weekly to give the current Vacation Rental registrant information, which includes pending Vacation Rental applications currently in process with the Department of Special Program Compliance. 

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