Grand Junction, CO Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)

Grand Junction Municipal Code § 43.01.060(b)(2)(i) requires any developer receiving City-paid impact fees to execute and record a binding restrictive covenant in the Mesa County land title records barring short-term rental use of either the ADU or the principal structure for no less than five years. An owner-occupied applicant who also takes the additional $15,000 incentive must instead record a covenant, referencing Attachment A to the authorizing ordinance, banning short-term rental of either structure for no less than seven years running from the certificate of occupancy (§ 43.01.060(b)(4)(ii)).

The covenant runs with the land: if the property is sold or transferred, voluntarily or involuntarily, § 43.01.060(c)(2) requires the seller to pay the early termination fee at closing or the buyer to execute a new covenant assuming the remaining commitment, prorated by partial years. An owner may end the covenant early at any time by giving 30 days' signed written termination notice and paying a termination fee equal to 20 percent of the total City-paid fees and incentive, plus an additional 20 percent of the City-paid fees for every full or partial year remaining in the term (§ 43.01.060(c)(1)).

The covenant and any unpaid termination fee attach as a perpetual real estate lien under § 43.01.080, collectible by the Mesa County Treasurer using the same tax-sale procedure used for delinquent property taxes.