Short-Term Rental Management in Long Beach Peninsula
Whether you can rent nightly on the Long Beach Peninsula is decided by your zone: some zones permit it outright, some only conditionally, and some prohibit it entirely. Confirm the zoning before you make an offer.
- Permitting authority
- Pacific County / City of Long Beach
- From our office
- about 5.5 hours from Kennewick
- Managed by
- Brendan Burke, licensed WA broker
What Pacific County / City of Long Beach actually requires
- Zoning governs the use — permitted outright in some zones, conditional in others, prohibited in the rest.
- One vacation rental may be licensed per parcel: the primary dwelling or the accessory unit, never both.
- Occupancy is capped at two overnight occupants per bedroom plus two additional, to a hard maximum of 10 including everyone over the age of two.
- County vacation rental licence, renewed annually, plus state business registration.
- Pacific County consolidated its zoning framework into Ordinance No. 194 on 27 February 2024, repealing and merging Ordinances 184, 184B and 184C.
Washington's Short-Term Rental Act (RCW 64.37) sets the floor everywhere in the state: operators carry liability insurance, post required safety information, and remit lodging taxes. A standard homeowner's policy does not satisfy it.
Verified 2026-09-13 against Long Beach Municipal Code 12-11-9 — Short Term Vacation Rentals, Pacific County Department of Community Development — vacation rental policy. Rules change — confirm before you make an offer.
Who books here
The longest drivable beach in the state, razor clam openings, and the Washington coast's steadiest summer family traffic, with kite festival weekends spiking rates.
Our honest read
The one-rental-per-parcel rule quietly kills a common plan here — buying a house with a cottage or ADU and renting both. You get one. Model the property on a single licensed unit and the returns still work; model it on two and they will not materialise.
What we run ourselves
We are not pitching a market we have only read about. The properties below are under our management right now, and these are the figures they are on pace for this year.
Figures are full-year 2026 gross revenue the property is on pace for, before management fee, cleaning, utilities and taxes.
Common questions
Can I get a short-term rental permit in Long Beach Peninsula right now?
Whether you can rent nightly on the Long Beach Peninsula is decided by your zone: some zones permit it outright, some only conditionally, and some prohibit it entirely. Confirm the zoning before you make an offer.
What does Pacific County / City of Long Beach require to operate a short-term rental?
Zoning governs the use — permitted outright in some zones, conditional in others, prohibited in the rest. One vacation rental may be licensed per parcel: the primary dwelling or the accessory unit, never both. Occupancy is capped at two overnight occupants per bedroom plus two additional, to a hard maximum of 10 including everyone over the age of two. County vacation rental licence, renewed annually, plus state business registration. Pacific County consolidated its zoning framework into Ordinance No. 194 on 27 February 2024, repealing and merging Ordinances 184, 184B and 184C.
You are based in Kennewick. How do you manage a property in Long Beach Peninsula?
We run Long Beach Peninsula properties from our Tri-Cities office with a contracted local cleaning and maintenance bench in market. Guest communication, pricing, listing management and compliance filings are handled by us directly; turnovers, repairs and any requirement for an on-call local contact are covered by the in-market vendors we hire and supervise. About 5.5 hours from Kennewick, so we are on site when a property genuinely needs us.
What insurance does a short-term rental need in Washington?
Washington's Short-Term Rental Act (RCW 64.37) sets the floor everywhere in the state: operators carry liability insurance, post required safety information, and remit lodging taxes. A standard homeowner's policy does not satisfy it.
What would your Long Beach Peninsula property earn?
Send the address and we will come back with a realistic revenue range, the permit position in Pacific County / City of Long Beach, and what it costs to manage.
Other markets we manage
- Desert Aire & Crescent Bar— Permitted with conditions
- Lake Chelan— Permits available now
- Leavenworth & Plain— Closed to new permits
- San Juan Islands— Closed to new permits
- Ocean Shores— Permitted with conditions
- Port Townsend & Jefferson County— Permitted with conditions
- Whidbey Island— Permitted with conditions
- Westport— Permitted with conditions