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Rental zoning laws
Posted on 11/6/24 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 11/6/24 at 12:45 pm
We still live in the small starter home we purchased in our 20s. Neighborhood is nice enough and we've never had problems but the house next door just sold and it looks like they're trying to rent out 6 rooms individually.
I looked up zoning laws and it said single room occupancy is prohibited. Does that apply to renting rooms individually?
Obviously we don't really want to live next to rental like. A single family type rental would be fine but renting 6 rooms individually seems like it would attract shady renters.
Any advice? Maybe it's just time we finally moved into a bigger nicer house.
I looked up zoning laws and it said single room occupancy is prohibited. Does that apply to renting rooms individually?
Obviously we don't really want to live next to rental like. A single family type rental would be fine but renting 6 rooms individually seems like it would attract shady renters.
Any advice? Maybe it's just time we finally moved into a bigger nicer house.
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Posted on 11/6/24 at 2:18 pm to SM1010
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I looked up zoning laws and it said single room occupancy is prohibited. Does that apply to renting rooms individually?
Practicing city planner (not lawyer) here, and yes it does. What they are attempting to do is an illegal use of property in what I assume is a neighborhood with single family zoning.
Best you can do is report it to code enforcement and/or planning department in whatever the jurisdiction you live in (city/town, parish/county). It'll have to be proved, however. People will try to get away with anything these days, from renting out a garage apartment to someone not related (illegal in a single family zone) to Air BNBing/"short term renting" a whole house in a residential neighborhood (also generally illegal unless special laws/rules were passed in that area).
Don't let 'em get away with anything. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty (and maintaining your property values)
Posted on 11/6/24 at 4:41 pm to BRich
Thank you so much! Hopefully they allow you to report anonymously. Don't wanna start a war with them.
Edit: I just looked and you can't file a complaint anonymously in my county. Ugh is it worth a potential war with whoever owns the house?
Edit: I just looked and you can't file a complaint anonymously in my county. Ugh is it worth a potential war with whoever owns the house?
This post was edited on 11/6/24 at 4:50 pm
Posted on 11/6/24 at 7:42 pm to SM1010
That’s six cars in the driveway and street before you include girlfriends. I don’t even know how six unrelated people are going to share a kitchen. It will be a farking disaster. Even if they’re all graduate students studying engineering, woof.
Start mowing your lawn while open carrying, just to prepare.
Start mowing your lawn while open carrying, just to prepare.
Posted on 11/7/24 at 7:45 am to SM1010
6 rooms indivually? What kinda home and how big? Is this in Gainesville or a college town?
Posted on 11/7/24 at 9:30 am to SM1010
Before AirBnB and amateur house flipping, people thought HOAs were bad. Ha!
Even if you don’t have an HOA and if the city doesn’t help, there may still be a neighborhood covenant in the deeds. This is definitely worth an all-out war. Getting some neighbors involved would help speed things up.
Even if you don’t have an HOA and if the city doesn’t help, there may still be a neighborhood covenant in the deeds. This is definitely worth an all-out war. Getting some neighbors involved would help speed things up.
Posted on 11/7/24 at 8:11 pm to Dallaswho
Update. Zillow listing might have been a scam. Not positive yet though.
Lots of questionable signs though. Phone # does not match company on the listing. When you go to the company website they don't list property management or rentals as 1 of their services basically just buying and selling houses.
Found a Craigslist ad that was posted, flagged, and removed a few weeks ago. Nobody appears to live there still.
Gonna have to keep a close eye on this house dunno wtf is going on.
Lots of questionable signs though. Phone # does not match company on the listing. When you go to the company website they don't list property management or rentals as 1 of their services basically just buying and selling houses.
Found a Craigslist ad that was posted, flagged, and removed a few weeks ago. Nobody appears to live there still.
Gonna have to keep a close eye on this house dunno wtf is going on.
This post was edited on 11/7/24 at 8:16 pm
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