Yuba City ADUs may only be rented for terms of 30 days or longer and cannot be sold separately from the primary dwelling — mirroring Cal. Gov. Code §65852.2(a)(6) and §65852.26.
Article 50 of the Yuba City Zoning Ordinance prohibits short-term rental of ADUs; tenancies must be 30 days or longer. This mirrors Cal. Gov. Code §65852.2(a)(6), which authorizes local agencies to require that ADUs not be rented for periods of less than 30 days. As a result, vacation/Airbnb-style rentals are not allowed in a Yuba City ADU even if the underlying property would otherwise permit short-term rental of the primary dwelling. Separately, an ADU cannot be conveyed apart from the primary dwelling — they remain accessory under one ownership — except where the narrow conditions of Cal. Gov. Code §65852.26 (qualified nonprofit conveyances to low-income buyers) apply. There is no cap on the number of long-term rental ADUs a property owner may operate across multiple parcels.
Operating an ADU as a short-term rental (under 30 days) is a zoning violation enforced under Title 1 of the Yuba City Municipal Code. Standard administrative citations and daily fines apply, plus revocation of any business or transient-occupancy registration the owner may hold. Attempting to sell an ADU separately would be void under state law absent a §65852.26 exemption.
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