How many people in one house?

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I am trying to sub lease a house out in Minneapolis. I have heard that some local municipalities might not be OK with certain living arrangements. I am wondering where do I start researching what is legal in my local area.

Ex, How many unrelated parties can be under one roof, how many people per room, Can I rent out a room for a week, month, year. ETC

Thanks.

Bruce Runn · Answer

@Brandon West

Hey Brandon, take a look at the link.  If they are unrelated room mates, R1-3 you can have 3 people and in R4-6 you can have 5 people.  If they are related, as many as are in the family

http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/www/groups/public/...

feel free to connect and ask any other questions.

Ricardo R. · Answer

@Brandon West do check with your local municipality however, typically across the board it's 2 people per bedroom. So as an example a 4 bedroom home would be able to board 8 people legally; a 2 Bedroom home - 4 people and so on. In terms of length, weekly/monthly rentals maybe treated differently when compared to yearly leases, things such as security deposit, notices, fees and Tenant's rights may be affected depending on the length. Also, some HOA's or Condominium by-laws may have minimum lease length standards. Check your HOA by-laws to see if they address this and perhaps check online resources for your township, it may also be wise to stop by and ask them those questions directly; if this is too though or you're not finding what you want, call up a real estate agent which deals with leases and ask them pointed questions.

Hope this helps,

Alex

Hope this helps,

Alex

Deanna McCormick · Answer

are you the owner of the property? does the current lease permit sub leasing.

Zoning determines the occupancy and the above post has the correct information on what's permitted for use.

If your not the property owner, I'd be cautious as a sub leaser as to what you are permitted to do.

Jeff Keller · Answer

Do a search for "Minneapolis occupancy limits" ... looks like 1 family plus 2 people.

A permit was being sought to change a local Palo Alto, CA home into an 11 bedroom, 1 car garage home. Neighbors were very upset because it probably isn't going to be used as a single family home. AirBnB is making a lot of homeowners very vocal about problems with high occupancy.

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