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

Development Code § 84.0570(c)(4), titled Rental and transfer, is the rule for accessory dwelling units on residential lots in the City of Yucaipa, San Bernardino County, California. The ADU can be rented to a tenant, subject to the City's limits on short term rentals, but the ADU shall not be used for rentals of less than thirty-one (31) consecutive days. The unit also cannot be sold, transferred or assigned separately from the primary dwelling unit, with the exception of units that meet the requirements of Government Code Section 65852.26.

Subsection (c)(5) backs the rental rule with a recorded covenant. Within thirty (30) days of the issuance of a Land Use Compliance Review or a building permit for the ADU, the owner of record records a covenant in a form satisfactory to the City Attorney. The covenant puts future buyers on notice of the maximum ADU size, the required off-street parking, the bar on separate sale, and the bar on short term rentals for less than thirty-one (31) consecutive days. The restrictions run with the land and bind all future owners. The covenant is recorded in the official records of the County of San Bernardino, and a copy is filed with the office of the City Clerk.

The building-permit-only path under subsection (c)(1)(C) carries the same limit in a declaration of restrictions: the ADU or JADU is rented only for terms of 31 days or longer, unless State law and the City's Municipal Code are both amended to allow short-term rentals. Proof of recordation must be given to the City before the final building permit issues.

A separate covenant applies to SB 9 projects under Development Code § 88.01701(c)(1), which prohibits short term rental for periods less than 30 days of any units and ADUs on the site. That text prints 30 days, not 31, so a site developed under SB 9 and an ordinary ADU lot use different figures. The Municipal Code's transient occupancy chapter defines a transient as a person occupying for thirty (30) consecutive calendar days or less.