(a) Dwelling Units. Every dwelling unit shall contain a minimum gross floor area of not less than 150 square feet for the first occupant, and 100 square feet for each additional occupant. The floor area shall be calculated on the basis of the total area of all habitable rooms.
(b) Area for Sleeping Purposes. Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least seventy square feet of floor area, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one person shall contain at least fifty square feet of floor area for each occupant thereof.
(c) Overcrowding. If any room used for residential purposes is overcrowded, the code official may order the number of persons sleeping or living in said room to be reduced so that there shall be not less than the total area required in the following table entitled “Minimum Occupancy Area Requirements”.
Minimum Occupancy Area Requirements | |||
Minimum occupancy area in square feet | |||
Space | 1-2 occupants | 3-5 occupants | 6 or more |
Living room(1) | No requirements | 120 | 150 |
Dining room(1) | No requirements | 80 | 100 |
Kitchen | 50 | 50 | 60 |
Bedrooms(2) | |||
Note (1) - Combined living room-dining room spaces will be construed as meeting the requirements of this table 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.
Note (2) - Every room used as a bedroom shall have access to at least one (1) water closet without passing through another room used as a bedroom.
Every room used as a bedroom shall have access to at least one (1) 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) Prohibited Use. It shall be prohibited to use for sleeping purposes any kitchen, nonhabitable space or public space.
(e) Minimum Ceiling Heights. Habitable rooms shall have a clear ceiling height over the minimum area required by this code at not less than seven and one-third feet, 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 minimum area required by this code when used for sleeping, study or similar activity. In calculating the floor area of such 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) Correctional Institutional Occupancies. It is not intended that this code regulate the space requirements of correctional institutions.
(Ord. 41-1980. Passed 9-4-80.)
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