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Upper West Side neighborhood identity sign

A northwestern Palm Springs residential area between mountain-edge neighborhoods and the North Palm Canyon corridor.

Registered permits 86
Available 56 Estimated permits remaining before the 20% cap.
Waitlisted permit requests 0
Residential units 710

Location

Where Upper West Side sits in Palm Springs

The highlighted boundary shows the neighborhood’s position within the City’s reporting map.

Latest permit status City data as of October 15, 2026
Upper West Side Open Limited Constrained Reporting area No data for this snapshot Roads
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Neighborhood overview

What Upper West Side is like

Upper West Side is one of the city’s newer organized neighborhood identities and brings together residential pockets in northwest Palm Springs. Its proximity to the mountain, northern commercial corridors, and adjoining communities makes the official address map important for exact boundaries.

This is a concise orientation, not a boundary or property-level determination. Use the official neighborhood map for an address lookup.

Permit history

Vacation-rental density over time

The solid line follows the City’s published density for Upper West Side. The dashed line marks the 20% cap.

Published density 20% cap

Only available City snapshots are shown, equally spaced. Lines connect consecutive months only; missing months are omitted, not estimated. Density can change when the City revises its residential-unit count.

Monthly vacation-rental permit history for Upper West Side
Month Density Registered permits Available Waitlisted permit requests
October 2026 12.11% 86 56 0
September 2026 12.25% 87 55 0
August 2026 12.25% 87 53 0
December 2025 11.55% 82 58 0
December 2024 11.55% 82 — 0
May 2024 12.68% 90 — 0
April 2024 12.54% 89 — 0
March 2024 12.54% 89 — 0
February 2024 12.54% 89 — 0
January 2024 12.54% 89 — 0
December 2023 12.54% 89 — 0
November 2023 12.54% 89 — 0
October 2023 12.39% 88 — 0
September 2023 12.39% 88 — 0
August 2023 11.97% 85 — 0
July 2023 11.55% 82 — 0
June 2023 11.41% 81 — 0
May 2023 11.13% 79 — 0
April 2023 10.85% 77 — 0
March 2023 10.70% 76 — 0
February 2023 9.44% 67 — 0
January 2023 9.27% 66 — 0
December 2022 8.99% 64 — 0
November 2022 9.27% 66 — —

* A City-published permit waitlist takes precedence over calculated availability. A dash means the City source did not report that field.

Historical counts · Older definitions

Earlier vacation-rental counts

The City’s 2022 workshop exhibit records Upper Westside from 2017 to 2022. The name is associated with this profile for reference; historical boundaries and the counted property types have not been established as equivalent to today’s reporting.

Each dot is a recorded count, with no values inferred between dates. The 2021 observation has no exact date. These figures do not establish historical availability or waitlists, and today’s 20% cap is not applied.

Historical vacation-rental counts for Upper Westside
Recorded periodVacation-rental count
December 201732
December 201828
December 201930
December 202032
2021 (date unspecified)46
February 1, 202248
July 28, 202255

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Neighborhood names and boundaries can evolve. Confirm an address independently, then use the latest Sandvue report to understand how many permits may currently be available in the neighborhood.