No person shall occupy, or let to another for occupancy, any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the requirements set out in divisions (A) through (F) below.
(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, every dwelling unit shall contain at least 150 square feet of floor space for the first occupant thereof and at least 100 additional square feet of floor space for every additional occupant thereof, the floor space to be calculated on the basis of total habitable room area.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in every dwelling unit of two or more rooms, every room occupied for sleeping purposes shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor space for the first person, an additional 50 square feet of floor space for the second person, an additional 40 square feet of floor space for the third person, and an additional 30 square feet of floor space for the fourth person and each additional person.
(C) No dwelling or dwelling unit containing two or more sleeping rooms shall have such room arrangements that access to a bathroom or water closet compartment intended for use by occupants of more than one sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room; nor shall room arrangements be such that access to a sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room or a bathroom or water closet compartment.
(D) At least one-half of the floor area of every habitable room shall have a ceiling height of at least seven feet; and the floor area of that part of any room where the ceiling height is less than five feet shall not be considered as part of the floor area in computing the total floor area of the room for the purpose of determining the maximum permissible occupancy thereof.
(E) No basement space or cellar space shall be used as a habitable room or dwelling unit unless:
(1) The floor and walls are impervious to leakage of underground and surface runoff water and are insulated against dampness;
(2) The total of window area in each room is equal to at least the minimum window area sizes as required in § 152.10(A);
(3) The total openable window area in each room is equal to at least the minimum as required in § 152.10(B), except where there is supplied some other device affording adequate ventilation and approved by the Health Officer;
(4) The ceiling height throughout the unit is at least seven feet;
(5) It is separated from heating equipment, incinerators, or other equally hazardous equipment by a standard partition;
(6) Access can be gained to the unit without going through the furnace room; and
(7) Two independent means of egress are provided from every basement containing more than one dwelling unit. If rooming units are provided in a basement, two exits shall be provided if ten or more persons occupy such rooming units.
(F) The City Council finds that healthful and sanitary conditions in relation to space generally prevail in single-family, owner-occupied dwellings. Therefore, the provisions of divisions (A) through (C) above shall not apply to single-family, owner-occupied dwellings. For the purpose of this division (F), a
SINGLE-FAMILY, OWNER-OCCUPIED DWELLING means a dwelling containing no more than one dwelling unit in which the owner thereof resides, and a FAMILY means a group of persons related by blood or marriage within and including the degree of first cousins.
(2011 Code, § 15.08.120) (Ord. 67, passed - -1974) Penalty, see § 152.99