No person shall occupy or let to another for occupancy any dwelling unit for the purpose of living therein which does not comply with the following requirements.
(A) Each dwelling unit shall contain the habitable rooms and closets designated below with the minimum floor areas and least dimensions as scheduled below:
Minimum Area in Square Feet | ||||
Name of Space | One to Two Occupants | Three to Five Occupants | Six or more Occupants | Least Dimensions (Applied to 90% of Required Floor Area) |
Minimum Area in Square Feet | ||||
Name of Space | One to Two Occupants | Three to Five Occupants | Six or more Occupants | Least Dimensions (Applied to 90% of Required Floor Area) |
Living room | N.R. | 120 | 150 | Ten feet, zero inches |
Dining room | N.R. | 80 | 100 | Seven feet, eight inches |
Kitchen | 50 | 50 | 60 | Three feet, zero inches, clear passage |
Bedrooms | Seven feet, zero inches | |||
Closets (total) | 10* | 20* | 30* | |
NOTE TO TABLE: | ||||
* - Each bedroom must have six square feet of closet space opening into the bedroom. | ||||
(B) Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall have a minimum floor area of 70 square feet; every room occupied for sleeping purposes by two occupants shall have a minimum floor area of 100 square feet, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by three occupants shall have a minimum floor area of 150 square feet.
(C) Every room used as a bedroom shall have access to at least one water closet located on the same floor as the bedroom, except that this requirement shall not apply to the only bedroom on a floor.
(D) Every room used as a bedroom shall have access to at least one water closet without passing through another room used as a bedroom.
(E) Habitable rooms shall have a clear ceiling height of not less than seven feet and four inches, except that in attics or top-half stories the ceiling height shall be not less than seven feet over not less than one-third of the area when used for sleeping, study or similar activity. In calculating the floor area of the rooms only those portions of the floor area of the room having a clear ceiling height of five feet or more may be included.
(F) Combined living room/dining room spaces will be construed as meeting the requirements of this section if the total area is equal to that required for separate rooms and if the space is so located that it may function as a combination living room/dining room.
(Ord. 885, passed 1-2-1974; Am. Ord. 1102, passed 7-15-1986)