§ 27-1103.    Conversion Apartments.
   1.   The conversion of a building into a greater number of dwelling units shall be undertaken in a R-1 District in accordance with the following:
      A.   No conversion shall contain more than a total of two dwelling units.
      B.   The lot area per dwelling shall not be less than 5,000 square feet.
      C.   All other district requirements shall be met.
      D.   No alteration of the building exterior shall be made except as may be necessary for health or safety purposes.
      E.   Fire escapes shall not be located on any wall facing a street and shall not project into any required yard area.
      F.   Each dwelhng unit shall have separate and private cooking and bathroom facilities.
      G.   Each dwelhng unit must comply with the foUowing minimum habitable floor area requirements:
         (1)   One bedroom configuration limited to two person occupancy - 500 square feet.
         (2)   Two bedroom configuration hmited to four person occupancy - 700 square feet.
         (3)   Three bedroom configuration hmited to six person occupancy - 850 square feet.
   2.   For the purpose of determining "minimum habitable floor area" for this Part the definition found in § 27-202 shall apply, however, any room, (except a kitchen area) which has a floor area of less than 90 square feet in any horizontal dimension shall be excluded from the calculation of habitable floor area.
   3.   The conversion of a building into a greater number of dwelhng units shall be undertaken in an R-2 District in accordance with the following:
      A.   No conversion shaU contain more than a total of four dwelhng units.
      B.   The lot area per dwelling until shall be not less than 3,500 square feet.
      C.   All other district requirements shall be met.
      D.   No alteration of the building exterior shall be made except as may be necessary for health or safety purposes.
      E.   Fire escapes shall not be located on any waU facing a street and shall not project into any required yard area.
      F.   Each dwelhng unit shall have separate and private cooking and bathroom facilities.
      G.   Each dwelhng unit must comply with the foUowing minimum habitable floor area requirements:
         (1)   One bedroom configuration limited to two person occupancy - 500 square feet.
         (2)   Two bedroom configuration hmited to four person occupancy - 700 square feet.
         (3)   Three bedroom configuration hmited to six person occupancy - 850 square feet.
   4.   For the purpose of determining "minimum habitable floor area" for this Part the definition found in § 27-202 shaU apply, however, any room, (except a kitchen area), which has a floor area of less than 70 square feet and/or any room, (except kitchen area), which has less than 7 feet in any horizontal dimension shall be excluded from the calculation of habitable floor area.
   5.   The construction of a multi-family dwelhng as a conditional use in a R-1 District shaU be undertaken in accordance with the foUowing:
      A.   No bunding shaU contain more than a total of four dweUing units.
      B.   The lot area per dwelhng until shall not be less than 10,000 square feet.
      C.   AU other district requirements shaU be met.
      D.   Each dwelhng unit shall have separate and private cooking and bathroom faculties.
      E.   Each dwelling unit must comply with the following minimum habitable floor area requirements:
         (1)   One bedroom configuration limited to two person occupancy - 500 square feet.
         (2)   Two bedroom configuration hmited to four person occupancy - 700 square feet.
         (3)   Three bedroom configuration hmited to six person occupancy - 850 square feet.
   6.   For the purpose of determining "minimum habitable floor area" for this Part the definition found in § 27-202 shall apply, however, any room, (except a kitchen area), which has a floor area of less than 90 square feet and/or any room, (except kitchen area), which has less than 9 feet in any horizontal dimension shall be excluded from the calculation of habitable floor area.
(Ord. 462, 8/14/1995, §1102)