The ordinance caps the housing stock that can be used as STRs in unincorporated Humboldt County. It also limits the number of STR permits that can be owned by a business or individual to three.
After some argument, the commission voted five to two – with commissioners Ivar Skavdal and Thomas Mulder dissenting – to limit the number of parcels a business or individual can have with short-term rental permits to three. To the majority of the board, the limits allowed for greater diversification of the cashflow from short-term rentals, rather than enriching a select few owners who purchase properties en masse.