What is the Occupancy Limit All About?
To avoid over-occupancy complaints, landlords and tenants should be familiar with The City of Fort Collins occupancy limit. The “U plus 2” law or occupancy ordinance states: “Occupancy in a residential dwelling unit (single-family, duplex, and multifamily) is restricted to: – one family as defined below (Section 5.1.2) and not more than one additional person; – or two adults and their dependents, if any, and not more than one additional person.” Family shall mean any number of persons who are all related by blood, marriage, adoption, guardianship or other duly authorized custodial relationship, and who live together as a single housekeeping unit and share common living, sleeping, cooking and eating facilities. The occupancy limits are further defined in the Land Use Code 3.8.16. Under this ordinance the following scenarios are allowed: – a family (of any size), – a family (of any size) and their nanny, – a family (of any size) and an exchange student, – two single parents, their kids,
