(a) Compliance. All persons shall meet the minimum standards set forth in this section to be in compliance with this Code.
(b) Living in Basements. No cellar space shall be used as a habitable room or dwelling unit. No room in any basement shall be occupied as a habitable room except as a workroom or recreation room unless:
(1) The clear inner ceiling height is at least seven feet six inches.
(2) The uppermost three feet of the required clear inner height is the average outside ground level.
(3) The required minimum window area is located entirely above grade of the ground adjoining such window area.
(4) There is a safe and unobstructed means of more than one egress.
(Ord. 210119-02. Passed 1-19-21.)