Welcome to El Dorado County’s Vacation Home Rental Enforcement website.
El Dorado County regulates, permits, and enforces vacation home rentals within its jurisdiction of the Tahoe Basin and West Slope, excluding the incorporated cities.
VHRs operating within the city limits of the City of South Lake Tahoe are permitted and enforced by the South Lake Tahoe Police Department.
VHRs operating within the city limits of Placerville are permitted and enforced by the City of Placerville.
Within unincorporated El Dorado County, Code Enforcement administers the VHR enforcement program while staff from Planning Services administers the VHR permitting program. County staff work in collaboration with our partner agencies to provide a robust and comprehensive VHR program.
The regulation of VHRs can be contentious between balancing owners’ ability to rent out their homes with neighbors desiring to keep the peaceful residential character of their neighborhood. The VHR Ordinances are the minimum set of standards adopted by the County’s Board of Supervisors which govern how VHRs are permitted and how they operate. It is the role of County staff to educate and enforce those ordinances in a fair, transparent, and consistent manner.