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Monterey supervisors direct staff to draft residential STR ban amid lawsuit over ownership rules
Summary
After hours of public testimony, the county board voted to direct staff to draft ordinance amendments banning short‑term rentals in residential zones (with a Monterey Dunes exception) while preserving permitting in commercial and agricultural zones and addressing two provisions challenged in court.
The Monterey County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 6 voted to direct county staff to prepare amendments that would ban all short‑term rentals in residentially zoned areas while allowing and regulating them in commercial and agricultural zones.
The vote followed a lengthy public workshop and hours of testimony from residents, neighborhood associations and industry groups. The board's action is a response to litigation challenging two parts of the county's August STR ordinance: a requirement that homestay permits be limited to property owners who reside on site and a restriction limiting permit eligibility for properties held in corporate form. County staff had suspended enforcement of those two provisions on Dec. 12, 2025, pending board…
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