Riverside County Planning Commission, January 21, 2026
Recommends approval: Amendment to Fee Ordinance 671 for STR Application Fees, 4-0
What happened
On January 21, 2026, the Riverside County Planning Commission recommended approval of Amendment to Fee Ordinance 671 for STR Application Fees (4-0).
The Riverside County Planning Commission tentatively approved amendments to the short-term rental ordinance (927) and fee ordinance (671), strengthening enforcement provisions including reducing the violation threshold from 12 months to 6 months and total violations from 7 to 5 b…
- Jurisdiction
- Riverside County, CA
- Governing body
- Advisory (makes a recommendation)
- Date
- January 21, 2026
- Decisions
- 3 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Recommends approval, 4-0
- Next step
- Final board vote (pending)
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Amendment to Short-Term Rental Ordinance 927
Commission tentatively approved amendments to strengthen STR enforcement including: expanded notice of violation definitions, pre-screening applicants for prior code violations, requiring responsible operators to meet on-site within 60 minutes for second noise complaints within 24 hours, and allowing immediate suspension/revocation for severe circumstances. Commission modified staff proposal to reduce violation threshold from 3 violations in 12 months to 3 violations in 6 months, and reduced total violations triggering revocation from 7 to 5.
- Staff to clarify language on who to call first for complaints (code enforcement directly), add explicit language on occupancy limits tied to certificate, and bring forward discussion on extending code enforcement hours as recommendation to Board of Supervisors
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Key Decisions (3)
Amendment to Short-Term Rental Ordinance 927
Amendment to Fee Ordinance 671 for STR Application Fees
Thousand Palms and B Bar H Ranch STR Moratorium Recommendation
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Market Signals (3)
Housing Demand
Short-term rental inventory in unincorporated Riverside County has grown from…
Commercial Demand
STR application fees are increasing 40% for initial applications and…
Sentiment
Significant community opposition to STR impacts in Wine Country and…
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Zoning terms (8)
55 recorded timestamps
- short term rental (16 timestamps)
- approved (3 timestamps)
- density (4 timestamps)
- residential (17 timestamps)
- commercial (11 timestamps)
- setback (1 timestamps)
Decision moments (3)
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