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

Section 12-148 of the Inglewood Municipal Code (Ord. 24-02, adopted December 12, 2023) sets the baseline occupancy rules for every ADU and JADU in the City. Subsection (a) sets a thirty-day minimum rental term, and subsection (b) separately bars advertising or using an ADU as a short-term rental, closing off both the lease-length loophole and platforms like short-term booking sites. Section 12-147(e)(3) repeats the short-term rental ban in the review process itself, confirming it applies at approval as well as in ongoing use. Section 12-148(c) bars separate conveyance: neither an ADU nor a JADU may be sold or transferred apart from the lot and the primary dwelling on a single-family lot, or apart from the lot and all dwellings on a multifamily lot, so an ADU can never become its own separately owned parcel.

Subsection (d) requires a covenant recorded against the property's title in the Los Angeles County Recorder's office, with a copy filed with the Planning Division, before any building permit issues for the ADU or JADU; the covenant runs with the land, binds all future owners, and must state that the unit cannot be sold or conveyed separately from the primary residence. These occupancy and title restrictions apply regardless of whether the ADU was newly built, converted from existing floor area, or attached to the primary dwelling.