How many people can I fit in an SF-6-NP zoned property?

[Moises Guerra Garcia]

Hi! I am trying to house hack here in Austin, TX in the Highland neighborhood, but I do not want to break the rules either. I want to gain an understanding of how many people can I fit in a single property.

Property stats: 

Home area: 1.8k sq feet

Plot area: 14.5k sq ft

4 bedrooms, and 2 full baths.

Property zone: SF-6-NP. (according to https://www.austintexas.gov/gi...) (other plots in the area are zoned as MF or TOD)

I have been living in a "6 bedroom / 3 full bathrooms"  apartment with 13 other people (14 total) for 4 years (about 3 people per room in most rooms). I have been managing the place myself as a tenant/renter. Now, I am looking to house hack, and possibly apply the same system.

I was reading over the rules on this page: https://www.austintexas.gov/de...

This page referenced the "Duelling unit occupancy limit" code (code 25-2-511): https://library.municode.com/t...

According to point (B) from code 25-2-511, I cannot fit more than 6 people (unrelated adults). Point (D) states I cannot fit more than 4 people for SF-6-NP zoned properties. Is this correct? I just want to make sure I am reading this correctly.

If I am only allowed to fit 4 people in the entire house, that would suck. If I only put down 3.5% as down payment through an FHA loan, that would make the monthly payment really expensive (about $5k). If this is the case, I would want to consider going through the process of re-zoning the lot to MF. Has anyone gone through the rezoning process here in Austin, and how long can it take?

Any input y'all?