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    What is this space, and can it be a bedroom?

    Just a note: there is NO separate language for an AirBnB suite. I am allowed to rent out the bedroom of my house, as long as they comply with IFC2018. That’s the only legal language. I also cannot rent out a DADU, because I am not zoned to have a DADU. I also can not rent out an Accessory...
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    What is this space, and can it be a bedroom?

    I want a bedroom. So if he tells me “I can’t classify that as a bedroom” and I ask why, shouldn’t he be able to provide me with legal wording? He might say that it “looks like an apartment”. And I can simply reply that it’s not. It’s not permitted as one, and it doesn’t meet the...
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    What is this space, and can it be a bedroom?

    They use the IRC and the IFC. There is no added language. If I can label it a bedroom, by definition, legally, using the IRC, then that is what it is, and I’m fully within my right to rent it out. But if it’s an accessory apartment, as he is trying to label it, I cannot rent it out. At the...
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    What is this space, and can it be a bedroom?

    In that section there is a casement window with egress hinges, so it fully opens. It also has a smoke detector. My top and bottom floors do interconnect, just not that bedroom. That’s the language I’m looking for, if it exists. min the International Fire Code Book it says that the opening...
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    What is this space, and can it be a bedroom?

    So the language on “cooking space” is pretty vague. But if you dig far enough, it requires a stove. So this small space can not be a “dwelling unit” without a stove, according to the language. I worded that poorly. What I meant is that the city is very strict with zoning and codes when you...
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    What is this space, and can it be a bedroom?

    One person said this. But it’s already defined as a bedroom, by the tax assessor (right?). So the city already said it is a bedroom, right? There is no legal language that says a bedroom must have direct interior access. Should a city employee be able to tell me something without and legal...
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    What is this space, and can it be a bedroom?

    So I can't figure out how to edit. :\ But I meant to say that the Zoning guy was not ok with calling it a bedroom because it did not have a way to enter the house without going outside.
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    What is this space, and can it be a bedroom?

    Ok guys. I have a tricky one. I bought this house with the agent telling me I could AirBnB out the space. My city has started cracking down on this and so I am trying to get some evidence to bring to the codes department in order to show them that this is a bedroom, and can be rented out. I...
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