Every dwelling unit shall conform to the following standards:
(a) Every dwelling unit shall have not less than 250 square feet of habitable floor area and shall contain at least one room which has not less than 150 square feet of habitable floor area and which is not less than ten feet in width, provided that no room used to compute compliance with such 250 square feet minimum limitation shall be less than seven feet in width nor have less than seventy square feet of habitable floor area.
(b) No portion of any room which is less than seven feet in width shall be included in determining habitable floor area.
(c) All habitable rooms shall have a clear ceiling height of not less than seven feet, provided that rooms with sloping ceilings shall have a clear height of not less than seven feet, six inches, in at least one-half of their habitable floor area. In determining the habitable floor area of rooms with sloping ceilings, all portions of less than four feet in height shall be disregarded.
(d) Every dwelling unit shall contain at least 150 square feet of habitable floor area for the first occupant thereof and at least 100 additional square feet of habitable floor space for every additional occupant thereof. In no case shall any dwelling unit contain less than 250 square feet of habitable floor area.
(e) No part of the third floor area of a double house, two-family dwelling or multifamily dwelling consisting of side by side dwelling units, sometimes known as row housing, shall be used to compute compliance with the requirements for minimum habitable floor area for a family occupying a dwelling unit in such double house, two-family dwelling or multi-family dwelling.
(Ord. 2010-20. Passed 4-14-10.)