A. Generally: Habitable basement rooms shall comply with all requirements for habitable rooms generally.
B. Finished Floor: Finished floors shall not be more than three feet six inches (3'6") below the adjoining outside finished grade at required windows.
C. English Basements: Provide direct access to outside at grade by a door or a window having an opening at least two feet (2') wide and thirty inches (30") high, with windowsill not more than three feet six inches (3'6") above floor.
D. Sleeping Rooms: Sleeping rooms shall have at least one openable window or exterior door to permit emergency exit or rescue. Where windows are provided they shall have a sill height of not more than forty eight inches (48") above the floor and shall provide not less than five (5) square feet of openable area with no dimension less than twenty inches (20").
E. Areaways: Minimum width measured at right angle to face of building, two feet (2'). Increase one inch (1") for every inch of depth over two feet (2'). Head of window, in all cases, to be at or above top of area wall.
F. Drains: See subsection 8-3-5I of this title.
G. Exits: All habitable basements must have a direct exit to the outside at grade level. (Ord. 2008-09-01, 9-24-2008)