Dwellings shall be erected, altered, moved, maintained or used only in accordance with the following standards:
(a) The area of a dwelling unit shall be the sum of the gross floor areas above the basement level. It shall include those rooms, and closets, having a minimum ceiling height and the natural light and ventilation as required by the Building Code. Rooms above the first floor may be included which are directly connected by a permanent stairs and hall, and spaces under pitched roofs having a minimum knee wall height of four feet, if two-thirds of the room area has a minimum ceiling height of seven feet.
The area shall be measured from the interior face of the enclosing walls at the first floor line and the interior face of the walls of those rooms which may be included under a pitched roof for a one-family dwelling. Measurement shall be from the center line of party walls, where applicable, for two-family dwellings. Excluded are all areas within garages and porches and utility and general storage areas in basementless dwellings.
(c) General storage area: in addition to the minimum area requirements, general storage space, or spaces, exclusive of closets, shall be provided each dwelling unit on the following basis:
(1) Each one-family dwelling shall have at least 100 square feet of such space with an average ceiling height of five feet and located on the ground floor unless provided in a basement.
(2) Each dwelling unit of a two-family house shall have at least fifty square feet of such space with an average ceiling height of at least six feet.
(Ord. 67-17. Passed 5-15-67.)