Davenport sets no STR-specific headcount. Iowa Code Sec. 414.1(1)(b) bars occupancy limits based on occupants' relationships. The Property Maintenance Code space standard governs: 70 sq ft for the first two sleepers, plus 50 sq ft each additional.
Davenport cannot cap short-term-rental occupancy by household relationship. Iowa Code Sec. 414.1(1)(b), effective January 1, 2018, prohibits basing residential occupancy on familial or nonfamilial status. What controls instead is the International Property Maintenance Code adopted in Municipal Code Ch. 8.15: a sleeping room must provide at least 70 square feet for the first two occupants and 50 additional square feet for each further occupant. Overall occupancy is a function of habitable floor area, not a flat STR guest cap. Hosts must also meet building and fire egress requirements verified at inspection.
Overcrowding beyond the Property Maintenance Code space standard is a code violation subject to correction orders and rental-license enforcement.
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