Maui County, HI Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Maui County Code § 19.35.010(D)
- Uses banned in an ADU
- B&B, short-term rental, transient vacation rental
- Related license chapters
- Chapters 19.64, 19.65
- Separate entrance required
- §19.35.030
- No interior connection allowed
- §19.35.040
Summary
Maui County flatly bars any accessory dwelling from operating as a bed and breakfast home, short-term rental home, or transient vacation rental, closing off the ohana unit as a workaround for county's separately licensed vacation-rental categories.
D.No accessory dwelling shall be used as a bed and breakfast home, short-term rental home, or transient vacation rental.
Full Breakdown
010 opens by stating that the chapter's limitations and requirements apply to any accessory dwelling, layering on top of whatever zoning or State land use district rules otherwise apply to the lot. Subsection B makes accessory dwelling rules prevail over conflicting district rules on unit-count limits, and subsection D then draws a hard line: no accessory dwelling shall be used as a bed and breakfast home, short-term rental home, or transient vacation rental. 65, and the ban means an owner cannot convert a permitted second unit built under the accessory dwelling density allowance into one of those short-term visitor uses instead.
040, all of which reinforce that an accessory dwelling is meant to function as long-term housing stock rather than a transient rental unit on the property.
Violations & Fines
Operating an accessory dwelling as a bed and breakfast, short-term rental, or transient vacation rental violates section 19.35.010(D) directly; because the code separately licenses those three uses under chapters 19.64 and 19.65 and neither license covers a unit built and permitted as an accessory dwelling, an owner cannot cure the violation by obtaining a short-term rental permit for that unit. The building permit issued for the accessory dwelling is conditioned on compliance with chapter 19.35's limitations, including this restriction.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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