Salt Lake City and Ogden are both looking to unravel long‑standing rules that cap how many unrelated people can share a home, a shift planners say could open up more room for roommates and help knock down monthly costs for renters. Ogden is spelling out specific headcounts by type of dwelling, while Salt Lake City wants to scrap the unrelated‑resident cap entirely and lean on noise, trash and safety rules instead.
Ogden Would Allow Larger Households
Ogden’s draft unified development code defines a “household” as a single housekeeping unit that shares common rooms and responsibilities, and it lays out new occupancy limits by unit type. Under the proposal, up to 10 adults could share a detached single‑household home and up to eight adults could live in…..