Garden Grove, CA Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)

060(B) states plainly that an ADU or JADU that is rented shall be rented for a term that is 30 days or longer, and that short-term rental, meaning less than 30 days, is prohibited. The rule closes off Airbnb-style nightly or weekly rentals of both attached and detached ADUs and of junior ADUs built inside the walls of a single-family home. Subsection A of the same section, No Separate Conveyance, reinforces the long-term-housing purpose by barring an owner from selling, transferring, or otherwise conveying an ADU or JADU apart from the primary residence, and by barring any lot subdivision designed to authorize that kind of separate sale, except where Government Code Section 66341 provides otherwise.

050(I) requires the property owner to record a deed restriction with the County Recorder before a building permit issues, stating that the JADU may not be sold, mortgaged, or transferred separately from the primary residence. The deed restriction runs with the land and binds all future owners, heirs, successors, and assigns, and it cannot be modified or terminated without the Community Development Director's prior written consent. Together, these provisions mean a Garden Grove property owner can rent out an ADU or JADU as ordinary housing, month to month or longer, but cannot list it as a vacation or short-term rental, and cannot carve it off the property to sell separately.