Vacation Rental Permits

Current Application Status (Updated February 2023)

***New Vacation Rental Permit Applications are not being accepted at this time***

All Non-Hosted Accommodation permits and Hosted Accommodation permits have been issued. There are currently wait lists for both types of permits.

No applications will be accepted until there are permits available to issue and the respective wait list has been exhausted.

About Vacation Rentals

Vacation rentals are residential dwellings that allow for the lodging of guests for periods of fewer than 31 days. This website provides information regarding the regulation of these rentals. Napa Municipal Code Section 17.52.515 permits two types of vacation rentals – non-hosted (whole house) and hosted accommodations.

Non-Hosted Accommodations

Non-Hosted Accommodation means a vacation rental business for which the owner (or authorized agent) is not required to reside at the vacation rental unit. The maximum Number of non-hosted permits is 41. Permit transferability is allowed.

List of Active Non-Hosted Permits

Non-Hosted Wait List

Hosted Accommodations

Hosted Accommodations means a vacation rental business for which the owner resides at the vacation rental unit, and the owner sleeps at the vacation rental unit while it is being rented. No more than two bedrooms are rented for transient occupancy. The maximum number of hosted accommodation permits is 60. Permit transferability is not allowed.

List of Active Hosted Permits (coming soon)

Application Process

Applications for new Vacation Rental Permits or Wait Lists are only accepted during advertised submittal periods. Submittal periods will be advertised on this website and in the Napa Valley Register. Applications submitted outside of the advertised submittal periods will not be accepted.

***Wait List Applications are not being accepted at this time***

Transferability Process

Existing Non-Hosted Vacation Rental Permits may be transferred to new owners, subject to Napa Municipal Code Subsection 17.52.515(f)(2). Applications for non-hosted permit transfers may be submitted at any time.