Long Beach, CA Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)

1 sets the leasing rules for every accessory dwelling unit permitted in the City, whether a Limited ADU converted from existing floor area or a Conforming ADU built with new construction under ORD-21-0028 (2021). Subsection (d) states plainly: 'The accessory dwelling unit or the primary dwelling may be rented. ' That thirty-day floor forecloses nightly or weekly platforms such as short-term vacation rentals on either the ADU or the house it accompanies once an ADU exists on the lot, the restriction is written into the unit's entitlement, not a general citywide vacation-rental rule.

Subsection (b) reinforces the same no-fragmentation policy from the ownership side: the ADU 'shall not be sold separately from the primary dwelling,' so it can never become its own for-sale unit or condominium interest. Both rules are backed by the deed restriction the City requires under subsection (f) before issuing a building permit for the ADU, the recorded document locks the property to the thirty-day rental floor and the no-separate-sale rule for as long as the ADU exists, binding future buyers, not just the original applicant. 276, including the rental-term limit, exposes the ADU to removal at the property owner's expense under subsection (e).