(a) Habitable Floor Area; Standards. No floor area, in any dwelling or part thereof, shall be considered as constituting the habitable floor area unless such floor area meets at least the following minimum standards:
(1) In a one-floor single-family dwelling, or in the first floor area of any other dwelling, clear ceiling height shall be at least seven feet six inches.
(2) In the second floor area of any dwelling, a clear ceiling height of at least seven feet six inches in at least two-thirds of such floor area and a clear ceiling height of not less than five feet in the remaining one-third of such floor area shall be required.
(3) No portion of any room which is less than seven feet in width shall be included in determining the habitable floor area.
(4) Every dwelling unit shall contain at least 150 square feet of habitable floor area for the first occupant thereof and at least one hundred additional square feet of habitable floor area for every additional occupant thereof, but in no case shall any dwelling unit contain less than the minimum number of square feet of habitable floor area as required by other provisions of this chapter.
(5) One-floor single-family dwellings shall have a minimum floor area of 400 square feet or the utility room shall have a minimum floor area of 150 square feet.
(6) Any single-family dwelling consisting of more then one floor shall have a minimum first floor habitable floor area of 624 square feet and a minimum second floor habitable floor area of 625 square feet, in addition to a basement or utility room. The basement shall have a minimum habitable floor area of 400 square feet, or the utility room shall have a minimum floor area of 150 square feet.
(7) Each two-family dwelling arranged so as to have one dwelling unit over the other shall have a basement and first and second floor, each of which shall have a minimum habitable floor area of 750 square feet.
(8) A one-floor double house shall have a minimum habitable floor area of 750 square feet in each suite, in addition to a basement or utility room for each suite. Basements shall have a minimum floor area of 400 square feet and utility rooms shall have a minimum floor area of 150 square feet.
(9) A two-floor double house, or any double house other than a one-floor double house, shall have a minimum first floor habitable floor area of 650 square feet in each suite, in addition to a basement or utility room for each suite. Basements shall each have a minimum floor area of 325 square feet. Utility rooms shall each have a minimum floor area of 150 square feet.
(10) Each single-family dwelling and each suite of any two-family dwelling or double house shall contain not less than four rooms, exclusive of basement or utility room, and an additional room or rooms containing toilet and bath facilities.
(11) The four rooms required to be provided by subsection (b)(10) hereof shall consist of or include rooms of the first four following classification or intended use. Such rooms shall contain minimum habitable floor areas in the following amounts:
A. One bedroom having a minimum habitable floor area of 100 square feet and a minimum width of eight feet.
B. One other room having a minimum habitable floor area of 100 square feet and a minimum width of eight feet.
C. One other room having a minimum habitable floor area of 150 square feet and a minimum width of ten feet.
D. One kitchen having a minimum habitable floor area of ninety square feet.
E. One room providing toilet and bath facilities containing at least a water closet, lavatory and tub or stall shower, the fixtures in which room shall be arranged so as to provide at least a ninety degree door swing, and which room or rooms shall have a minimum width of at least three feet.
F. Such other closets and dressing rooms as may be incidental to the dwelling.
G. If a breakfast room is provided, it shall have a minimum habitable floor area of fifty square feet.
H. No utility room shall be used as a garage.
I. No space in the minimum habitable floor area shall be used as an open or enclosed porch or garage, or used as a storage space, except for the storage of fuel in the basement.
(12) In any multiple dwelling hereafter erected, each dwelling unit shall contain not less then 500 square feet of floor area having a clear ceiling height of not less than seven feet six inches.
(13) Any dwelling unit produced by the remodeling or other alteration of any existing multiple dwelling shall likewise meet the requirements of subsection (b)(12) hereof.
(14) Each dwelling unit in any multiple-family dwelling, resulting from new construction or from remodeling or alteration of any existing multiple-family dwelling, shall contain at least the following rooms:
A. One bedroom having a minimum habitable floor area of 100 square feet and minimum width of eight feet.
B. One other room having a minimum habitable floor area of 150 square feet and a minimum width of ten feet.
C. The requirements of subsection (b)(12) and (13) shall be deemed to have been complied with if such dwelling units contains an area of at least 230 square feet, having a minimum width of ten feet and designed for combined use as living and sleeping area.
D. One kitchen, one breakfast room, or one kitchenette and breakfast room combined as one room, each of such rooms having a minimum habitable floor area of fifty square feet.
E. One room providing toilet and bath facilities, containing at least a water closet, lavatory and tub or stall shower, the fixtures in which room shall be arranged so as to provide at least a ninety degree door swing, and which room or rooms shall have a minimum width of at least three feet.
F. Such dwelling unit may also contain such closets, dressing rooms, entrance foyers and similar areas as may be incident to the dwelling unit. The areas or dimensions of any of these accessory spaces shall not be added to the areas or dimensions of any other rooms provided for in this section, when calculating minimum areas or dimensions of such other rooms.
(b) Basement of Cellar Occupancy. Except as modified herein, no basement or cellar space shall be used as a sleeping room, dwelling unit or rooming unit unless it meets all standards as set forth in this Housing Code and meets the following additional requirements:
(1) The floor and walls shall be impervious to leakage or seepage of underground or surface water and shall be well drained and protected against dampness.
(2) The total window area and operable window area of each room so used shall meet the requirements of Sections 1331.08(a) and (b) respectively.
(3) Access can be gained to each room so used without passage through a furnace room.
(4) Each room so used shall have no pipes, ducts or other obstructions less than six feet and six inches above the floor level which interfere with normal use of the room or area.
(5) Each room so used shall be separated from the heating equipment, incinerators, or other equally hazardous equipment by a standard partition when required by, and as specified in, the Grandview Heights Building Code.
(c) Location of Rooms.
(1) A bathroom or water closet compartment shall not be used as the only passageway to any habitable room, hall, basement or cellar or to the exterior of the dwelling unit.
(2) Each dwelling unit shall have its own separate bath facility.
(3) Access to or egress from each rooming unit shall be provided without passing through any other rooming unit or dwelling unit.
(d) Communal Kitchen. Communal kitchens are prohibited.
(Ord. 89-21. Passed 5-1-89.)