City of Carpinteria

Short Term Rental

The City of Carpinteria adopted short term regulations.   This new ordinance establishes well-defined geographic boundaries within which short-term rentals are authorized and a quantitative cap, limit the location and maximum number of short term rentals that may be permitted, and establish permitting and operating standards for short-term rentals.  Home Stays are allowable.  It’s important to note that the vacation rental license shall be personal to the applicant/owner and shall automatically expire upon sale or transfer of the premises or residential unit.

Sign Ordinance

For Sale

• One sign of not more than 6 square feet per legal parcel, located on private property.

Open House

• All signs must be set back to not obstruct visibility of ingress/egress from public right-of-way or endanger pedestrians, motorists, or the public.
• Signs for real estate sales purposes, when placed upon the property for sale, and not collectively exceeding 16 square feet in area are allowed
• Signs shall be removed not later than twenty-four hours following the event

Municipal Code 14.58 Link https://library.municode.com/ca/carpinteria/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT14ZO_CH14.58SIRE

Rent Cap & Just Cause Eviction Law

Establishes a Rent Cap and Just Cause eviction laws. 

Rent Cap - Rent increases are capped at 5 percent plus inflation, or up to a hard cap of 10 percent, whichever is lower.  All rent increases since March 15, 2019 will count toward the rent cap, and if above the permissible rent cap, will have to be rolled back effective January 1, 2020.

Just Cause Landlords may only evict for “just cause.” There is a list of 15 reasons.  The just cause reasons are divided into two categories:

• “At fault” termination of tenancy is generally based upon a tenant’s breach of the lease, among other reasons, and does not requirethe payment of relocation assistance.
• “At fault” reasons include non-payment of rent, nuisance, criminal activity, refusal to allow entry, and breach of a material term of the lease.
• “No fault” termination of tenancy is allowed when the tenant has not breached the lease and will requirethe landlord to pay one month’s rent in relocation assistance.
• “No fault” reasons include owner occupancy, withdrawal from the rental market, substantial remodeling and compliance with government order to vacate the property,

Just cause eviction only applies to tenants who have been continuously and lawfully occupying the property for 12 months.

Exemptions
Exempts single family properties and condos if:

• Notice of the exemption is provided to the tenants and;
• The owner is not a REIT, a corporation, or an LLC where an owner is a corporation

Other exemptions include:

• Housing that has been issued a certificate of occupancy within previous last 15 years
• Owner occupied duplexes
• Owner occupied single-family properties renting no more than two bedrooms including Accessory Dwelling Units (“ADU”s). (This exemption applies only to just cause but not the rent cap)

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