Hawthorne, CA Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)

21 of the Municipal Code, treats ADUs and JADUs as long-term housing stock rather than short-term lodging. 070(H), titled 'Rental Term,' states plainly that 'ADUs and JADUs may be rented but shall not be used for rentals for term less than thirty consecutive days,' putting the same thirty-day floor that governs short-term rental regulation elsewhere in the code onto every accessory unit, regardless of zone or unit size. 050(C) with up to two. 070(I), 'No Separate Conveyance,' works alongside the rental-term rule: an ADU or JADU can be rented, but it can never be sold or conveyed apart from the lot and primary dwelling, meaning an owner cannot carve the accessory unit into a separately marketable short-term rental property.

Because the rental-term limit sits in the zoning code rather than a business-license or transient-occupancy chapter, a rental under thirty days is a zoning violation of the ADU permit's conditions, not merely a licensing or tax issue, and it applies uniformly across the city rather than only in specific zoning districts.