Occupancy limits

landlords have aggressively increased home conversion and the city has done nothing.

we may need to just be cognizant of like occupancy limits

When he said overcrowded, are you saying that he's saying that it was over the occupancy limit?

now that we don't have occupancy limits, you can do cooperative housing

we don't have occupancy limits. It's not really a thing, right?

You modernized occupancy limits, updated the use table, strengthened inclusionary housing, and simplified the review process.

because we do not have occupancy limits, you know, a single unit home can become home to many family units

Occupancy limit restriction, um, reform, all that stuff

Now bring this around to this situation I found occupancy limits to be a morally wrong role of governance.

when we eliminated occupancy limits it was exactly properties like this that suddenly could house could be 4 people could be 8.

given that the occupancy limits have gone away

if you tie it to number of occupants. I know occupancy standards have been moving around

we will likely be redoing a lot of the occupancy limits in Park City.

I think a lot of people have benefited from taking down the occupancy limits.

the statewide removal of like occupancy caps based on familial relationships is what allowed us to buy the property in Denver

the previous role of no more than 3 unrelated people was just, you know, silly and unproductive and widely ignored

we've been defining occupancy based on a legal definition of family this is a definition that doesn't fit

in 2015 over a hundred people came to these Chambers to speak out against increased enforcement on unrelated people

the state passed a house bill in 24 which is uh 107 um that basically prohibited residential occupancy limits

Who determines the occupancy limits of an establishment.

Occupancy limits are determined by the fire marshal, and allowing this many people to be inside

How does it work for a bunch of unrelated people living together in a household right?

I am curious what you're saying makes sense for, like what government like the change on occupancy limits right?

do we even look at rents and what the occupancy limit changes did for rents

we have no occupancy limits now how many more people do you want to jam into one space

for the most part it removes all references to residential occupancy in Title 9.

It does allow occupancy limits that are based on health and safety standards

to update residential occupancy standards to ensure conformance with the Colorado House Bill 24, 1 0 0 7.

It says that the city can't enforce an occupancy limit that conflicts with the State Bill after July 1st of this year.

So the city already does have the international property maintenance code, the Ipmc that sets the occupancy limit based on life safety parameter.

It used to be 3 or 4 per unit unrelated persons per unit.

on steroids for this occupancy limit lift. And what's interesting

the other state laws that we're looking at are ones related to uh prohibiting residential occupancy limits

So there's the residential occupancy limits which basically makes occupancy based on family status prohibited per the state law.

when the State eliminated occupancy limits the city pretty quickly drafted an ordinance and we adopted it correct?

So we're currently working on an ordinance that would remove our occupancy limits as they are in the zoning code.

My understanding is that the State prohibition on occupancy limits goes into effect

we've told the community that we didn't want them to conflate occupancy with um chronic nuisance

occupancy, limits, and to some extent parking was a part of last year's bill.

prevent local governments from enforcing occupancy limits that they might have in the books unless there's a safe

there's a bill that would prohibit occupancy limits based on familiar relationships

raising the minimum wage raising occupancy limits and opposing the archaic counterproductive process

It might be time with occupancy standards making it more controversial.

and require them to allow 80 news and eliminating occupancy standards

with the occupancy limit of up to 5. Now. can the Academy get up to 5?

increasing the occupancy limit to five is a positive step

I do urge you to increase the housing occupancy limit to five unrelated people

I want to urge you to vote to raise Boulder's occupancy limits to allow up to five unrelated people to live together

virtually all college towns have occupancy limits to maintain order

to review city occupancy standards of other peer communities based on best practices from those communities

What's reflected in the ordinance is it would increase from 3 to 4 to 5 unrelated persons city wide.

so a number of communities have been changing their occupancy limits or eliminating them in response to that

the occupancy limit throughout the city from the 3 and 4 unrelated depending on zoning district that we have now up to a uniform 5 unrelated persons

So I'll briefly go over the current occupancy limits of the city of Boulder.

I am here tonight to encourage you to support allowing 5 unrelated people to share housing.

please consider what the new rules of increasing the number of unrelated people that can live in houses in our neighborhood

getting rid of strict limits on occupancy is the fastest way to provide more affordable housing city-wide

health and safety codes always take precedence and supersede occupancy limits for example right now we have so many

we had this year in the state legislature a policy that would have forbade cities to enforce these discriminating laws against unrelated people

the number of unrelated people on site is slightly slightly more flexible on adus in that more dependents can live on site

So just a a broad overview of of how we limit occupancy today.

Now, i'm gonna jump into just the history of occupancy and boulder.

under occupancy standards, would be allowed technically up to the 4 occupants

are they saying they would would support the bill only if there was no reference to occupancy limit

if we get the occupancy limits changed as asked then we will support

if familial status is removed as a basis for occupancy limits then you cannot have an occupancy limit

I'm here to ask that the Planning board recommend an exemption to increasing the occupancy limits to the neighborhoods that we've just heard enumerated.

Most of the city is actually limited to 3 per unrelated persons or unit.

So the the argument that boulder's, occupancy, limits, limits of 3 unrelated people is somehow unusual or extreme is is false.

I think you mentioned the occupancy is basically the same, whether it's 3 unrelated people living just in the house

the occupancy limits are essentially almost identical to what the occupancy limit would be on a typical single family house

It requires anyone with a a rental permit to post the the occupancy limit, I believe.

and then the occupancy limit is essentially the same.

some communities don't have occupancy limits or have recently eliminated occupancy limits

the areas in green are the areas where four unrelated persons are permitted

I would like to see us move towards complete elimination of occupancy limits

I mean there's occupancy standards. Those are more kind of building code related. So you know, we have maximum occupancy for buildings

The occupancy limits, and attached unit has to have a screen side entrance.

given that the constraints remain the same around building size. What's possible to build on your lot and occupancy limits.

We have occupancy limits that limit the number of people that can be on the site.

We have occupancy standards per 1,000 square feet for every facility and building in the city.

that was a a very contentious process, especially on occupancy limits

we want fair, better occupancy uh regulations

the occupancy limits vote does not match what the current City Council majority wishes

I know that some some Council members made a pitch to um reprioritize a few items uh things like occupancy limits

you're correct 47 of the people voted in favor of changing occupancy limits but 53 percent did not

the community was was not supportive that doesn't mean you can't have changes to occupancy limits

a lot of other folks in our community interested in occupancy limits just to clarify or just so that they know

consider these things as they go forward and re redefining the occupancy limits in Boulder as well as the zoning

I would like to address the occupancy limits I know that this is a Hot Topic in Boulder

a family as defined by the city's Municipal Code plus two unrelated people are allowed to live in the dwelling

emphasize that occupancy limits hadn't changed so we're not talking about a lot of additional people

we actually did end up, I can modify Council and ended up modifying the occupancy limits

you can have two independent families and all their dependence and their dependence don't count towards the occupancy

I would think that that needs to be addressed, hand in hand with occupancy restriction reform.

I was also sad, not to see that pass, but in a sense, I feel like this is even a more appropriate venue

looking at our occupancy standards I know that there has been some talk of that

pnds was already looking at zoning code amendments the last item on this slide with occupancy standards certainly being part of those

we're already not as I mentioned before enforcing occupancy limits generally and we're going to continue this practice

that we're not actively enforcing o occupancy limits and so individuals providing temporary shelter for evacuee should not be concerned at this time

addressing occupancy limits revisiting Adu ordinance reviewing requirements that incentivize developers to build large units

since 177,000 some odd people um voted in effect to support our existing occupancy limits

we are currently working with our covid era enforcement policies and we will not displace tenants during this time

I'm here tonight to talk with you about occupancy limit reform and the super majority of you have expressed support

to support the six-month suspension on enforcement of unrelated people living together

asking for a KN of five from the city council to have the city manager and the city suspend occupancy limit enforcement

these proposed changes in occupancy limit have the potential of significantly reducing their housing costs

these occupancy limits defy the occupancy standards recommended in the fair housing act

the bedrooms are for people initiative is actually quite modest and is not SC it's not scrapping occupancy limits entirely

which has to do with the occupancy limits and they go to for people, so that no more than four persons may occupy

And we are running a ballot initiative to make it legal for more than three unrelated people to live together.

Boulder's housing occupancy limits in most of Boulder it's illegal for more than three unrelated people to live together

policies like height restrictions single family zoning occupancy limits and green belting require priority revision

a ballot initiative that will expand access to housing and Boulder by reforming our archaic and exclusionary home occupancy laws

WANTEDD T TO CHAHAT A E BIT ABOUT OCCUPANCY LIMITS ANDD CODEDE ENFORCEMENTNT

this included the revisitation of residential occupancy limits um the examination of cooperative

my understanding was a few months ago that council uh agreed that we were interested in looking at occupancy limits

And I know that that occupancy limits may be coming up again.

There's another one on occupancy limits, but that was more of a recommendation.

I'm sorry, I just conflated another his recommendation occupancy limits. My apologies.

your policies executive order about Waving or Not enforcing occupancy limits that's been around since May

The piece about occupancy that we were talking about with this one.

and we talked about occupancy limits. Do we want to have some form of a way

I know that we are probably near the low end in terms of occupancy

when I think of the occupancy limits discussion I I think it's um not limited to planning

Boulder limit each household to three unrelated persons in what's considered our lower density residential Zone districts

address Boulder's occupancy limit and its negative impact on Neighborhood Health

i strongly support a temporary suspension of the enforcement of the occupancy limit due to the strain imposed on all the

occupancy limits jeopardize housing stability for so many people who currently rely on sharing living costs in order to stay in boulder

it's imperative during this time of economic hardship and pandemic to place a moratorium on enforcement of occupancy limits immediately

occupancy limits until the city has addressed the harms of this law that evicts people and prevents people from affordable housing options in Boulder

I'm asking the city to heed our Governor's call and place a moratorium on occupancy related evictions until we can find a more Equitable solution

determine what occupancy limits make sense in the University Town

one mechanism of several is through discriminatory occupancy limits that restrict access to housing and make the situation of many thousands of us illegal

limit the number of people per home to a reasonable level without using the Antiquated family model

especially when that includes urgent issues such as affordable private housing police reform or ending boulder's discriminatory home occupancy limits

boulder's restrictive occupancy limits have hurt them their families friends businesses and communities

correcting prejudicial treatment of related versus unrelated adults in housing was what we really wanted to do

boulder has continued to maintain a policy of exclusionary zoning and occupancy limits based on the city's definition of a family

21 years ago the 1999 Boulder healthing toolkit outlined occupancy limits as an area that should be reviewed

removing this occupancy limit is an important first step toward making Boulder more accessible and Equitable

I am very concerned about the bedroom initiative being a charter Amendment

we asked to look at occupancy limits and we were told specifically by Council don't look at occupancy limits

we are working to reform boulder's discriminatory occupancy limits

it removes family and relationship status from occupancy regulations and in doing so it opens up more housing options

In some ways the city's occupancy laws seem directly targeted at preventing large numbers of students from cohabitate eating

occupancy limit should be based on the structure and safety of a dwelling not on what counts as a family

Current occupancy limits depend on whether or not people are blood relatives are legally married

I sincerely believe that modest changes to the residential occupancy limits can address concerns

increasing the occupancy limits is one small but meaningful step that Boulder can and should take

I support increasing the occupancy limit limits in Boulder for

we are working to reform Boulder's discriminatory occupancy limits

families are exempt from occupancy limits and while families could share a house according to its taste or needs

a group trying to reform discrimin atory occupancy limits

THE OCCUPANCY LIMITS OF NATURE HAS A SHORTER RUN AND GOVERNED BY STATE LAW.

some discussion around the state picking up occupancy limits are you saying about like short-term rental

FIND SOME OTHER LEGAL LOOPHOLES SUCH AS FORMING A DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP IN ORDER TO LIVE IN THAT SAME HOME

THE OCCUPANCY LIMIT IN THE ZONING CODE I'M SURE THERE'S A SPECTRUM OF SUPPORT OPPOSITION

you have the same occupancy limits as you had before

Co-op occupancy limits are set at 12 persons in low density residential zones and we see no reason

whether it's eliminating a Victorian occupancy limit so someone like me could you know put three renters in my house

if we bring up occupational occupancy limits as a listening that's controversial because the city doesn't want to have that conversation

yes occupancy limits our hot-button topic but I also felt that again our overall intent was missed

the occupancy limits was yet again on their list of things that really like to delve into

looking at occupancy limits they say quote currently occupancy policies dictate the makeup of a household

I'M ACTUALLY NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE MORE UNRELATED PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING EITHER.

we only allow three unrelated people right now portland maine a college town allows 16

saying that what three unrelated persons in a six bedroom house disproportionately affects or disparately impacts disabled persons

to consider the size of the room let's say it's a one bedroom but that one bedroom is as large as this area

still stands for the proposition that generally it's going to be presumed that 2% per bedroom is a reasonable limitation on occupancy

it refers back to 9963a 963a now has been changed with the occupancy limit so all it's saying is we use that occupancy limit

I find that there's a big misunderstanding about the occupancy limits they're different in various

comment before I talk about the occupancy limits and how that might be structured

to keep it to three unrelated people when we're putting multiple units on these large lots

where we look at unrelated people I would hope that for these large lots we don't expect still

WITH THE OCCUPANCY LIMIT THAT WOULD REMOVE THE OCCUPANCY LIMIT

I YEAH I WILL REMOVE THE TWO PERSON OCCUPANCY BUT I ALSO

MORE THAN TWO IN EXCESS OR UNIT AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT EXCEED THE OVERALL OCCUPANCY LIMIT FOR THE ZONE

our occupancy regulations are a family plus two people well you either have the family in the unit

let's just take a home where the occupancy limit is 4 all right and you add an A to you

we're not proposing to increase the occupancy limits as part of this effort

we're either going enforce occupancy limits as we've been saying all along or we're not.

if you think about the occupancy limit of four in the the higher density zones currently

So it's 15 human beings is the maximum that you can have in a high density zone.

they would be exempt from occupancy limits and there's some proposed amendments that uh impose occupancy limits

I think you'd still need some Maximum somewhere I mean but I don't yeah I forget which it you could have an awful lot of people