§ 150.55  OCCUPANCY.
   No person shall occupy or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the following requirements.
   (A)   Every dwelling unit shall contain at least 150 square feet of floor space for the first occupant thereof and at least 100 additional square feet of floor space for each additional occupant thereof, the floor space to be calculated on the basis of total habitable room area.
   (B)   In every dwelling unit of two or more rooms, every room occupied for sleeping purposes by an occupant, shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor space and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant shall contain at least 50 square feet for each occupant thereof.
   (C)   At least one-half of the floor area of every habitable room shall have ceiling height of at least seven feet; and the floor area of that part of any room where the ceiling height is less than five feet shall not be considered as part of the floor area in computing the total floor area of the room for the purpose of determining the maximum permissable occupancy thereof.
   (D)   Where more than two persons occupy any dwelling unit, food shall not be prepared or cooked in any room used for sleeping purposes unless where so originally architecturally designed.
   (E)   No residence building or dwelling unit containing two or more sleeping rooms shall have such room arrangement that access to a bathroom or water closet compartment intended for use by occupants of more than one sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room; nor shall the room arrangement be such that access to a sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room or a bathroom or water closet compartment.
(Ord. 9-1975, passed 12-10-1975)  Penalty, see § 150.99