What are the does the Unified Development Code say about renters in A1 zoning?
The Unified Development Code (http://www.brgov.com/dept/planning/udcodeonline.asp) contains three sections that deal with A-1 zoning and rental properties:
Section 8.201 A1 Single Family Residential District
The purpose of A1 is to permit low density residential development with a maximum density of 4.1 units per acre. Accessory uses normally compatible with surrounding low density residential development may be permitted.
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Chapter 2 DEFINITIONS
Family is an individual or two (2) or more persons who are related by blood, marriage or legal adoption living together and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single culinary facilities; or not more than two (2) persons, or not more than four (4) persons (provided the owner lives on the premises) living together by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with single culinary facilities on a non-profit, cost sharing basis.
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Section 6.7 Violations, Penalty, and General Provisions
C. Whenever the building Official has cause to believe a violation of Section 8.201, single family permissible uses, and Chapter 2, definitions, has occurred, the owner and/or occupants is required to furnish affidavits, executed before a Notary Public, under penalty of law, attesting to the number of unrelated occupants of the house. Failure to do so shall constitute prima facie evidence that a violation of the single family zoning restriction has occurred.
What can be done about student parties and related parking problems?
Loud parties are prohibited by the noise ordinance. If a party is ongoing and causing a nuisance, contact the BRPD at 389-2000 or the EBRSO at 389-5000. Continue to the section on parking for information on what to do about parking in the streets and in yards.
Are college students a protected class?
No.
Does property have to be in the name of a student who lives in the house in order for the four unrelated persons to live there, too?
The property must be owned by the student as determined by the title in the student’s name, not just his or her parents’ name, in order to allow more than two unrelated family members to cohabitate.
Can a student-owner lease/rent rooms to three others and still receive homestead exemption?
Yes, as long as the student is also an owner.
In regards to parents buying residences for their child with intention to rent out to others who are unrelated, if parents give a child 1% or 5%, for example, part ownership does that constitute ownership by student-i.e. owners now live in the residence?
Under the provisions of the Civil Code a co-owner in division has all of the rights incident to ownership.