It depends on the zoning. The higher the zoning for the property, the more unrelated people can occupy the unit. It is in the Mpls Zoning book.
Steve Meldahl Jordan (work) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara L. Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mark Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Minneapolis Issues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 12:57 PM Subject: [Mpls] Re: Boarding houses? > I used to own a duplex in Seward and the law -- as I understood it -- for the > whole city (it does not exempt student housing whether it is near the U, or not) > is that you cannot have more than 3 unrelated people in any one unit. As for > boarding houses, there are still a few of them that are grandfathered in. There > was one on my block in Seward and another one a couple blocks to the south. The > one on my block made a killing by renting each room out for between $300 - > $350/month. They made $1500 on a unit that would normally rent for about > $800-1000 (this was 1998) if the two floors were rented as one unit. Sweet, > huh? On a block filled with duplexes, this place really stood out because of > the disparity in rental rates. > Barbara Nelson > Burnsville > Once and future Minneapolitan > > > > TEMPORARY REMINDER: > 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. > 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. > > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy > Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls TEMPORARY REMINDER: 1. Send all posts in plain-text format. 2. Cut as much of the post you're responding to as possible. ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls