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Council adopts code changes to remove 'unrelated persons' occupancy limits and rely on life-safety code
Summary
Council unanimously adopted ordinance 86-51 to conform Boulder’s residential occupancy rules to state law (House Bill 24-1007), replacing unrelated-person limits with International Property Maintenance Code life-safety standards and striking cooperative housing special approvals.
Boulder City Council unanimously adopted ordinance 86-51 on March 6 to update the Boulder Revised Code so residential occupancy limits no longer depend on the number of unrelated persons living together. The ordinance implements recent state legislation and relies on life-safety standards from the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) to determine maximum occupancy.
Planning and development services staff explained that Colorado’s 2024 House Bill 24-1007 prohibits jurisdictions from enforcing occupancy limits based solely on the number of unrelated persons per dwelling. The city’s ordinance replaces references to “unrelated” occupancy caps with IPMC-based standards that consider bedroom sizes, minimum square footage per occupant…
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