Pawtucket, RI Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)

Section 410-46B(7), part of the ADU overhaul adopted August 21, 2024 by Ch. No. 1-2, Rhode Island's hosting-platform statute. The section spells out that a hosting platform means any electronic or operating system through which an owner offers a residential unit for tourist or transient use, typically an online or web-based service that lets an owner advertise the unit and lets a guest arrange tourist or transient use in exchange for payment, whether paid directly to the owner or routed through the platform. Because an ADU is only a permitted use in Pawtucket residential districts when it meets the state size and dimensional standards under § 410-46B(3), an owner who advertises an ADU for short-term stays is both violating this rental restriction and putting the unit's underlying permitted-use status at risk.

The restriction applies to every ADU approved under the section, whether newly constructed or converted from an existing garage or workshop under § 410-46B(6), with no carve-out for either type.