Daytona Beach, FL Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)

vii of the Daytona Beach Land Development Code conditions any rental of an Accessory Dwelling Unit on two requirements: the arrangement must be documented with a written lease, and that lease must run for a minimum period greater than six months. Read together with subsection vi, which limits ADU occupancy to a single household, and subsection v, which requires either the principal dwelling or the ADU to be owner occupied, the rule set channels ADUs toward stable, long-term rentals to one household rather than short-term or vacation-style stays.

An ADU landlord who wants to rent the unit cannot do so on a handshake or a month-to-month arrangement; the lease has to be in writing and has to specify a term exceeding six months to satisfy the standard. Because the ADU program sits inside Article 5's accessory-use standards rather than the city's short-term rental rules, this six-month floor functions as the practical local barrier to using a Daytona Beach ADU as vacation or Bike Week lodging, even though the city does not otherwise regulate short-term rentals directly.

The requirement applies citywide wherever ADUs are permitted, including the SFR-5, MFR-12, MFR-20, and RP districts and the M-4, M-5, T-1, and T-4 mixed-use and transect districts, and it applies regardless of whether the principal dwelling or the ADU is the unit being rented out.