(a) All persons shall meet the minimum standards set forth in this section to be in compliance with this Housing Code.
(b) No cellar space shall be used as a habitable room or dwelling unit. No room in any basement shall be occupied as a habitable room except as a workroom or recreation room, unless:
(1) The ceiling height is at least seven feet;
(2) The uppermost three feet of the required clear inner height is above the average outside ground level;
(3) The required minimum window area is located entirely above grade of the ground adjoining such window area, except when window wells are properly constructed around the window to allow light and ventilation; and
(4) There is a safe and unobstructed means of egress from the area.
(c) Required space in each dwelling unit shall include at least one habitable room with a minimum floor area of 120 square feet, except that every room used for both living and cooking or both living and sleeping shall increase the minimum floor area to 150 square feet. Other habitable space (except the kitchen) shall have a minimum horizontal width of seven feet and a minimum floor area of seventy square feet.
(d) In every dwelling unit of two or more habitable rooms, every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain seventy square feet of habitable room area, and where occupied by more than one occupant shall provide at least fifty square feet per occupant.
(e) Habitable space shall not include bathroom or water closet compartments, laundry rooms, kitchenettes, pantries, cellars, closets, storage areas or laundry areas.
(Ord. 26-95. Passed 9-25-95.)