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Is this type of San Diego Airbnb illegal?

Brian Mihaljevich
  • San Diego, CA
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Hello BP San Diego! My name is Brian and I'm an active duty Marine Corps Officer. I'll be stationed in SD for 4 years beginning in Jan 2020. I'd like to buy a 3 bed, 2 bath property with enough yard space to add an ADU and rent it out on Airbnb. This seems slightly easier than finding a multi-family property plus my fiance is excited about making the ADU Instragam-worthy.

Here’s my question: is it illegal to rent out ADUs on Airbnb? The last bullet of the San Diego County Zoning Guidance document (Link) appears to state that this type of Airbnb listing is not permitted. A quick search on Airbnb shows many guest/back house available to stay in. Are all of these Airbnb hosts simply breaking the law or am I missing something?

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Brian Mihaljevich
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@Raymond Snoke, thanks for the input! Based on the feedback it appears different people have different interpretations of how AirBnB+ADUs should be operated.

@Nick Foster, thanks for the input. I thought that was the case, but the document I posted says "San Diego County" across the top so I was a little confused. My ideal location would be somewhere around Little Italy (Hillcrest, Banker's Hill) but would be fine with anything in that general area (North Park, Burlingame, South Park, etc.) After doing some more research, it seems like building an ADU from scratch will be expensive wherever I do it. My top strategy now is an ADU conversion or home addition that I could design for STR (separate kitchen, bathroom, etc.).

@David Morrison, I didn’t know about those forms. Thanks for the heads up.

@Michael Sjodin, that is definitely an option that I need to spend some more time considering.

@Bruce May, thank you for the info! I've been following the recently regulation STR changes in Hawaii and think it's only a matter of time before something similar happens in CA. I definitely don't want to start off my real estate career with a situation that will result in fines/legal trouble.

@David Pere, I sent you a colleague request. I would love to connect as well!

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