Marin County limits number of permits it will give to short-term vacation rental properties

by Pete Young, Bay City News January 17, 2024March 6, 2024

Dozens of homes line the foggy hillside near Dillon Beach in Marin County on Oct. 12, 2013. The county estimates that roughly one of every nine properties located in its western coastal communities are used as short-term vacation rentals. (Thomas Hawk/Flickr, CC BY-NC)

Marin County supervisors have set new limits on many short-term rental properties used for stays of 30 days or less.

The board at its Jan. 11 meeting set a countywide limit of 1,200 licenses on short-term rental properties, such as those booked through Airbnb or Vrbo (Vacation Rental by Owner).

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