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Every temporary overnight shelter shall comply with the following planning requirements:
(a) Ceiling Heights. The minimum ceiling height within sleeping quarters of a temporary overnight shelter shall be eight feet, with beams and/or furred spaces constituting not more than 20 percent of the ceiling areas. Such beams and furred spaces may have a height of not less than seven feet.
(b) Basement Rooms. Sleeping quarters in temporary overnight shelters shall not be more than two feet below the building grade adjacent to such quarters, except that when such quarters are located in churches or other nonresidential structures they may have floors up to six feet below grade, provided such sleeping quarters have a direct outside exit, or an exit into an enclosed stairwell which has a direct outside exit.
(c) Natural lighting. Natural lighting requirements as described in Section 13-172-070 of this Code shall not be required for sleeping areas in temporary overnight shelters provided the provisions of Section 13-208-180 are met.
(Prior code § 78.4-20; Added Coun. J. 12-22-83, p. 4214; Amend Coun. J. 10-15-87, p. 4811; Amend Coun. J. 4-29-98, p. 66679, § 2)