Lee's Summit, MO Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)

Subsection e of the ADU permitting-and-occupancy rule states plainly that short term rentals are not permitted within an ADU, with no exceptions written into the text. That prohibition sits alongside two related conditions: the primary dwelling and the ADU must remain under single ownership, which forecloses splitting the ADU off as a separately titled short-term-rental investment, and an owner must continue occupying either the main house or the ADU on an ongoing basis. The city's standalone short-term rental ordinance independently reinforces the same result, excluding any accessory dwelling unit or accessory structure from the short-term rental program available to single-family and duplex owners elsewhere in the city.

This subsection targets short-term rentals specifically; it does not itself address a longer-term lease of an ADU to a tenant, though any tenant arrangement still has to operate within the single-ownership and owner-occupancy conditions that apply to the property as a whole. Because the short-term rental ban is embedded in the same permitting section that requires an owner-occupancy attestation at the time of the building permit, a homeowner cannot simply argue the ADU is a separate rental unit exempt from the house's occupancy obligations.