Title 21 — Real Property

This Chapter shall be known as the “Zoning Law of Guam.” SOURCE: GC § 17000. 2025 NOTE: Reference to the “Territory” omitted pursuant to 1 GCA § 420.

The purpose of this Chapter is to establish certain minimum regulations for the protection and promotion of the public health, safety and general welfare of the people of Guam, which regulations are deemed necessary in order to encourage the most appropriate use of land, to provi…

For the purpose of this Chapter, certain terms are defined as follows: (a) “Accessory Building.” A detached subordinate building located on the same lot with a main building, the use of which is customarily secondary to that of the main building or to the use of the land. (b) “Ap…

In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Chapter, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the protection and promotion of the public health, safety and general welfare, and shall be liberally construed in furtherance of these objectives. SOURCE: GC § 1700…

[Repealed.] SOURCE: Added by P.L. 21-129:10 (July 28, 1992). Repealed by P.L. 33-219:3 (Dec. 17, 2016). COL 2026-04-23 2017 NOTE: P.L. 33-219:2 amended 21 GCA § 60401, which established the composition of the Guam Land Use Commission, and created in its place a Hybrid Commission.…

(a) Upon receipt by the Department of Land Management of a land use application, a copy shall be transmitted to the Mayor of the affected municipality. (b) In any land use action that requires the review and decision by the Guam Land Use Commission, no municipal public hearing sh…

The purpose of this Subarticle is to establish a licensing process and appropriate restrictions and standards for Bed and Breakfast homes; to allow small, local businesses an opportunity to participate and benefit from tourism; to provide a visitor experience and accommodation as…

Bed and Breakfast homes shall be subject to the following restrictions and standards, and any operator found in violation of these requirements may be subject to immediate closure and/or all such penalties or fines levied under Title 11, Guam Code Annotated: COL 2026-04-23 (a) th…

A senior citizen whose residential property qualifies for reduced tax rates under the provisions of § 24110 of Chapter 24, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated, and operates a Bed and Breakfast on this property shall remain eligible for reduced tax rates and retain eligibility for reduc…

Subject to the Administrative Adjudication Act, the Department of Revenue and Taxation may adopt rules and regulations for the implementation of this Subarticle. SOURCE: Added as § 61109 by P.L. 33-165:5 (June 30, 2016), and renumbered by the Compiler.

An excise tax is hereby levied and imposed which shall be assessed and collected monthly against transient occupants of a room or rooms in a Bed and Breakfast pursuant to Chapter 30 of Division 2, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated. SOURCE: Added as § 61110 by P.L. 33-165:5 (June 30, …

Bed and Breakfast owners are not subject to the hotel sanitation law in Chapter 26 of Division 2, Title 10, Guam Code Annotated. SOURCE: Added as § 61111 by P.L. 33-165:5 (June 30, 2016), and renumbered by the Compiler.

This Subarticle shall not apply to homes hosting a student for a student exchange program, in which the host family has received compensation for housing and feeding the exchange student; provided, that the exchange program is being hosted by a school within Guam that has been ac…

It is the purpose of this Subarticle to protect the public health, safety and general welfare of individuals and the community at large; to monitor and provide reasonable means for citizens to mitigate impacts created by the occupancy of short-term vacation rental units; and to i…

(a) “Code compliance verification form” is a document executed by a short-term vacation rental unit property owner certifying that the property is in compliance with applicable zoning, building, health and life safety code provisions, to include homeowners association or condomin…

No person shall rent, lease or otherwise exchange for compensation all or any portion of a dwelling unit as a short-term vacation rental unit, as defined in § 61131, without first obtaining a business tax certificate from the Department of Revenue and Taxation, and complying with…

(a) Applicants for a short-term vacation rental unit certificate shall submit, on an annual basis, an application for a short-term vacation rental unit certificate to the Director of the Department of Revenue COL 2026-04-23 and Taxation. The application shall be furnished under o…

The owner of a short-term vacation rental unit shall designate a short-term vacation rental unit emergency contact on its application for a short-term vacation rental unit certificate. A property owner may serve as the short-term vacation rental unit emergency contact; provided, …

(a) Notwithstanding Chapter 9 of Title 5, Guam Code Annotated, the Director of the Department of Revenue and Taxation shall issue or amend the necessary application, certificates, and reporting forms in accordance with this Subarticle. COL 2026-04-23 (b) The Director of the Depar…

This Subarticle shall not apply to homes hosting a student for a student exchange program, in which the host family has received compensation for housing and feeding the exchange student; provided, that the exchange program is being hosted by a school within Guam that has been ac…

An excise tax is hereby levied and imposed which shall be assessed and collected monthly against transient occupants of a room or rooms in a short-term vacation rental unit pursuant to Chapter 30 of Division 2, Title 11, Guam Code Annotated. SOURCE: Added as § 61120 by P.L. 33-16…

Short-term vacation rental unit owners are not subject to the hotel sanitation law in Chapter 26 of Division 2, Title 10, Guam Code Annotated. SOURCE: Added as § 61121 by P.L. 33-165:6 (June 30, 2016), and renumbered by the Compiler. SUBARTICLE 3 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS SOURCE: …

The purpose of this Subarticle is to allow homeowners to construct residential accessory dwelling units (ADUs) on the same lot as a single-family home located in residential (R1, R2) and A zones to encourage, accommodate and regulate the construction of accessory dwelling units, …

(a) Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are secondary studio or bedroom dwelling units that include a separate entrance, kitchen, and bathroom facilities, detached from or attached to the primary single-family home on the zoning lot. For attached ADUs, the entrance may be shared with…

An ADU shall: (a) share utilities with the main house, or utilities may be billed separately, by separate meter; provided, that the ADU complies with the standards set by the agencies responsible for utilities; (b) be covered under the same homeowner’s insurance policy as the mai…

An ADU may, at the option of the homeowner, share electrical, plumbing, and data networking and telecommunications assets with the main home. Such sharing is subject to The Building Code of Chapter 67, Title 21, Guam Code Annotated.

An ADU situated on an A, R1 or R2 zoned lot that complies with all applicable codes in Guam is deemed eligible for rental subject to the provisions of this Subarticle.

Upon completion of an ADU, the head of household shall inform the Mayor of the affected municipality. This is to facilitate better governance through safety, community planning through village population data tracking, zoning compliance, etc. ARTICLE 2 ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES AND …

(a) In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this Chapter, areas within Guam are hereby divided into eight zones, known as: (1) A Agricultural Zone. (2) R1 One-Family Dwelling Zone. (3) R2 Multiple Dwelling Zone. (4) P Automobile Parking Zone. (5) C Commercial Zone. (…

The zoning map of Hagåtña, identified as Drawing No. GI-54517 and heretofore adopted as part of the zoning map, is hereby amended by extending the commercial zones appearing on said map, north of Route 8 and south of the Mongmong-Maite road, two hundred (200) feet in depth on eac…

(a) Where the zone boundaries indicated on the Zoning Map, said map, and all the notations, references and their extensions; such lines shall be construed to be the zone boundaries. (b) Where the zone boundaries indicated on said map are not street, alley or lot lines, or extensi…

As an amendment to the Dededo Zoning Map (Land Management Drawing No. E3-67S39), adopted by the Committee on Rules of I Liheslaturan Guåhan pursuant to the provisions of § 61201 of this Chapter, the area in the municipality of Dededo, bounded by West Santa Monica Avenue to the no…

Basic Lots Nos. 242, 243 and 269 REM, all in Assan-Ma’ina in the municipality of Assan-Ma’ina, are hereby rezoned to R2, multiple dwelling. SOURCE: GC § 17053 enacted by P.L. 12-111:1 (Mar. 15, 1974). 2026 NOTE: Reference to Asan replaced with Assan-Ma’ina pursuant to 1 GCA § 403…

Lots Nos. 235-REM-3-1 and 235-REM-3-2 in Assan-Ma’ina in the municipality of Assan-Ma’ina are hereby rezoned to C, commercial. COL 2026-04-23 SOURCE: GC § 17053.1 enacted by P.L. 12-111:1 (Mar. 15, 1974). 2026 NOTE: Reference to Asan replaced with Assan-Ma’ina pursuant to 1 GCA §…

All property lying on either side of Route 1 (Marine Drive) between the two intersections of Tumon Loop with Route 1, to a depth of two hundred (200) feet from the edge of the right of way along Route 1, is hereby established as commercial zone property. The Department of Land Ma…

(a) All property lying on either side of Route 1 (Marine Corps Drive) between the Old Marbo PX and the Yigo Catholic Church, to a depth of two hundred (200) feet from the edge of the right-of-way along Route 1, is hereby established as commercial zone property. The Department of …

All property lying on either side of the road from Top O’ the Mar (Nimitz Hill -Spruance Drive) to the New Piti Elementary School, to a depth of two hundred (200) feet from the edge of the right of way along Route 6, is hereby established as R2 zone property. The Department of La…

All land in the area known as Tumon Bay as designated by the Bureau of Planning’s Tamuning Community Design Map No. 10, at the effective date of this Act is zoned H Resort-Hotel Zone pursuant to the provisions of this Act. SOURCE: GC § 17111 enacted by P.L. 14-041:2 (June 28, 197…

The following described real property is zoned H Resort-Hotel Zone: The Artero Urunao property consisting of Lots 10080; PO 2.2; PO 2.3; PO 2.5; PO 3.1; PO 4.1; PO 5.30; and that lot starting at the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean at a point northeast of Double Reef, thence 360 me…

(a) Any property owner affected by the rezoning in this Act may, notwithstanding the provisions of this Act and not more than ninety (90) days after the effective date of this Act, notify the Guam Land Use Commission that he desires that his land remain zoned as it is on the effe…

The Guam Land Use Commission shall adopt within thirty (30) days following enactment of this Act such interim regulations as required to enforce the intent and provisions of the H Resort-Hotel Zone. Such interim regulations shall be adopted pursuant to those procedures outlined i…

(a) Split-Zone Election. Whenever a lot is affected by a zoning boundary which creates two (2) separate zoning designations within its boundaries, the property owner of such affected lot shall have the right to select one (1) of the two (2) zones, and to have it apply to the enti…

(a) Real estate conveyed to the government of Guam pursuant to United States Public Law 86-664, recorded as Department of Land Management Document No. 44682, inclusive of Lot Number A-4, Municipality of Hagåtña, containing an area of 36.75 acres, rezoned Planned Development Distr…

The Paseo de Susana Planned Development District shall enable the unified development of the property conveyed by United States Public Law 86-664, to the government of Guam and recorded at the Department of Land Management as Document Number 44682, inclusive of any fraction of pu…

Notwithstanding any provision of law, Lot No. 7061-8, located in the municipality of Yigo, is hereby rezoned from Planned Unit Development District (PUD) to Agricultural (A) zone. SOURCE: Added as uncodified law by P.L. 27-062:2 (Feb. 6, 2004). Codified by Compiler.

Notwithstanding any provision of law, all federal excess land returned by the government of Guam to the original landowner shall be designated as Agricultural Zone (A). The original landowner and all subsequent landowners may apply for a higher zone designation by applying with t…

Zone (A) to Multiple Dwelling Zone (R2). (a) Applicability. Rezoning considerations shall be applicable to the following original lots in Lot Naval Air Station Hagåtña 13 (Officers Housing Area): Lots 2053-A-1, 2053-1-1, 2053-2-1, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2057-1, 2058 western sect…

Hagåtña 20 (EDC Parcel 2) from Agricultural Zone (A) to Light Industrial Zone (M1). (a) Applicability. Rezoning considerations shall be applicable to the following lots in Parcels 1 and 2: Lots in Parcels 1 and 2 Eligible for Rezoning to M1 2157 2160 2173 2180 5193 2157-1 2161 21…

This Act may be cited as the “Affordable Housing Streamline Zoning Act of 2025.”

For the purposes of this Act: (a) “Department” means the Department of Land Management (DLM) of Guam. (b) “Affordable housing” means housing units designated for families earning between 30% and 150% of the Area Median Income of Guam. (c) “Land Use Restriction Agreement (LURA)” m…