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Is there a legal limit as to how many people can live in a 1-bedroom apartment?
Our co-op's prop. lease states that the shareholder and his relatives (parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren) can reside in the unit. Shareholders are a retired couple who initially moved in by themselves around 4 years ago. Their now 10-year-old grandson moved in about a year later, and the adult daughter (mother of grandson) moved in permanently a year after that. The daughter's husband/ex-husband/boyfriend stays in the apartment several times a week.
The apartment is a 1 bedroom, 1 bath, living room (no separate dining room or area), and kitchen, approximately 750 sq.ft. A cot has been set up in the kitchen.
Is there some sort of building or fire code that would overrule the prop. lease as far as number of people living in an apartment? Is it OK to have 3-4 adults and 1 child living in a 1-bedroom?
I believe it is 70sq ft. per person.
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There is a state guidance of so many sq feet per person in what they call a bedroom or sleeping area (a living room counts towards the total). Call your local housing dept for guidance.
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