Yuba City, CA Accessory Structures: ADU Rental Restrictions (2026)

5004(c)(5) states plainly that an accessory dwelling unit or junior accessory dwelling unit shall not be rented for a period of fewer than 30 days, closing off the nightly or weekly vacation-rental market for these units entirely regardless of the zoning district. The same subsection (c) package layers on additional use restrictions: subsection (c)(6) requires the unit be used solely as a dwelling and bars using it as an ancillary or accessory use for events, storage, a home office, a gym or workout studio, or a greenhouse, foreclosing conversions that would functionally take the unit out of the housing stock even without violating the rental-term rule directly.

The rental limit works alongside separate ownership protections: subsection (c)(4) allows an ADU to be rented apart from the primary home, but requires the primary dwelling and the ADU to remain under the same ownership, and bars selling the ADU separately from the primary residence except when a qualified nonprofit built the property under Government Code Section 66341. Before occupancy, subsection (c)(10) requires a recorded use covenant restricting the property from being converted to nonresidential use and from being sold apart from the primary home, so the 30-day rental floor and the no-separate-sale rule both run permanently with the land, not just with the current owner. 026.