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What are the current occupancy regulations?
On July 1, 2024, the House Bill HB24-1007 went into effect. This new law prohibits any occupancy limitations unless:
- Demonstrated health and safety standards, such as international building code standards, fire code regulations, or Colorado department of public health and environment wastewater and water quality standards; or
- Local, state, federal, or political subdivision affordable housing program guidelines.
This means that the long standing 3 or 4 unrelated and the newer 5 unrelated requirements have gone away. You have likely already noticed the change in verbiage on your rental licenses. According to the new state law they now state the following:
IPMC Occupancy Limitations Enforced
Per State Law, the city no longer uses zoning occupancy limits. Rather, the city uses the International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC) to regulate residential occupancy and enforces the IPMC occupancy requirements that are based on the number and size of bedrooms in each dwelling unit. The IPMC requires that each bedroom be no less than 70 square feet in size, with a minimum of 50 square feet per occupant of a bedroom (IPMC sec.404.4.1). In addition, IPMC table 404.5 prescribes minimum areas for living and dining rooms based on the number of occupants of the dwelling unit. The IPMC can be found at iccsafe.org.