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

E lists the site requirements an ADU or JADU application must satisfy, and subsection 4 requires a covenant recorded in the Riverside County clerk's office against the title of the parcel declaring that the ADU or JADU shall not be used for short-term rentals of less than 30 days. C. Because the restriction is recorded against title rather than left as a standing condition of a use permit, it survives a change in ownership, so a buyer who purchases a home with an existing ADU inherits the same 30-day minimum-rental restriction the prior owner accepted when the unit was approved.

The covenant sits alongside the ADU parking, design and setback standards in the same section, meaning a completed ADU or JADU that later gets marketed as a nightly or weekly rental is out of compliance with the recorded condition of its own approval, separate from any citywide short-term rental licensing rules that might otherwise apply to the primary residence.