Oxnard does not impose an owner-occupancy requirement on standard ADUs. Cal. Gov. Code §65852.2(a)(8), as amended by AB 587 (2019) and AB 976 (2023), prohibits cities from requiring owner-occupancy on ADUs permitted on or before January 1, 2025 and indefinitely thereafter. JADUs remain subject to owner-occupancy under Cal. Gov. Code §65852.22(a)(2) with a recorded deed restriction.
Under Cal. Gov. Code §65852.2(a)(8), Oxnard may not require owner-occupancy as a condition of issuing a permit for an ADU. AB 587 (2019) created the no-owner-occupancy window for ADUs permitted between January 1, 2020 and January 1, 2025; AB 976 (2023) made the prohibition permanent going forward. Owners may rent both the primary dwelling and the ADU to separate households. JADUs are governed by a separate statute — Cal. Gov. Code §65852.22 — which requires the property owner to occupy either the primary residence or the JADU as their principal residence and to record a deed restriction stating (i) that the JADU may not be sold separately from the primary dwelling and (ii) that the owner-occupancy obligation runs with the land. Oxnard's City Code Sec. 16-467 implements both frameworks. Note: effective January 1, 2025, Oxnard requires a recorded agreement against the property at the time of ADU certificate of occupancy that documents specific restrictions and uses City-approved language — this implements §65852.2 restrictions (separate-sale prohibitions and STR limits) rather than imposing owner-occupancy on standard ADUs.
Violation of a JADU owner-occupancy deed restriction may be enforced by the City through Code Compliance under City Code Ch. 7 (Nuisances) and Ch. 16 (Zoning), with administrative citations and possible revocation of the JADU certificate of occupancy. The recorded deed restriction is also independently enforceable by injunction under California law.
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