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

180. That cross-reference matters because Redding's short-term rental chapter separately regulates transient stays citywide; by writing its own thirty-day floor and STR ban directly into the ADU standards, the city forecloses the argument that an accessory unit could qualify for STR treatment under a different provision. The rental floor sits alongside the separate-sale limitation in subsection (I)(2), which bars selling a unit apart from the primary parcel except as the Government Code allows, the owner-occupancy rule in subsection (I)(3), and the certificate-of-occupancy limitation in subsection (I)(4), which ties an ADU's occupancy sign-off to the main dwelling already holding one.

Because ADUs are approved administratively under subsection (B) without a discretionary permit or hearing, the thirty-day rental floor functions as the primary ongoing check on converting new accessory housing stock into nightly or weekly vacation rentals rather than long-term housing, and it applies from the moment the accessory unit is built regardless of whether the owner lives on-site.