In order to provide healthful living conditions and to preserve the character of the neighborhood, dwellings shall be erected, altered, moved, maintained or used only in accordance with the following dwelling area regulations:
(a) The area of a dwelling unit shall be the sum of the gross floor areas above the basement level, including those rooms and closets having a minimum ceiling height of seven feet and having the natural light and ventilation as required by the Building Code. Rooms above the first floor may be included which are rooms having a minimum knee wall height of four feet if two thirds of the room area has a minimum ceiling height of seven feet. The area shall be measured from the interior face of the exterior walls at the first floor line and the interior face of the walls of those rooms which may be included under a pitched roof for a one-family dwelling, and measured from such interior face of exterior walls and center line of party walls, where applicable, for two-family or multi-family dwellings. The following areas shall be excluded: garages and porches for all dwellings; utility and general storage rooms in basementless dwellings, and public halls, utility and storage rooms in multi-family dwellings.
(Ord. 1961-103. Passed 12-29-61.)
(Ord. 1961-103. Passed 12-29-61.)
(b) The minimum area of a dwelling unit shall not be less than indicated in the following schedule:
Minimum Area Per Dwelling Unit | |||
District R1-100 R1-75 R1-60 R1-50 R2F | Dwelling Type 1-Family 1-Family 1-Family 1-Family 1-Family 2-Family | One Story Building (Sq.Ft.) 1600 1200 1000 900 900 900 | More Than One-Story Building (Sq. Ft.) 2000 1600 1200 1100 1100 1100 |
RMF | 1-Family 2-Family Multi-Family | 900 900 600 750 900 | 1100 1100 No bedroom unit 1-bedroom unit 2-bedroom unit |
In an RMF District not less than seventy-five percent of all units in a development shall have at least one bedroom and not less than fifty percent of all units hall have two bedrooms.
(Ord. 1955-66. Passed 10-25-65.)
(c) General Storage Area. In addition to the minimum area requirements, there shall be at least one hundred square feet of general storage space, or spaces, exclusive of clothes closets, provided for each one-family dwelling. Such space shall have an average ceiling height of not less than five feet and shall be located on the ground floor or located in the basement of the dwelling. Furthermore, if the enclosed garage space is less than 280 square feet in area, at least eight square feet of the general storage area shall be located on the ground floor.
At least fifty square feet of general storage space, having an average height of at least six feet, shall be provided for each dwelling unit of a two-family and multi-family building.
(Ord. 1961-103. Passed 12-29-61.)
1313.10 Intent.
1313.20 Use regulations.
1313.21 Permitted buildings and uses in Office Building District.
1313.22 Permitted buildings and uses in Town Center District.
1313.23 Permitted buildings and uses in General Business District.
1313.30 Lot, area and width requirements for specific uses.
1313.40 Lot coverage by buildings.
1313.50 Yard regulations.
1313.60 Height regulations.
1313.70 Site design criteria for business districts.
1313.80 Planned Shopping Center.
CROSS REFERENCES
Satellite dish earth stations - see BLDG. Ch. 1167
Required off-street parking spaces - see P. & Z. 1321.21
Nonconforming buildings and uses - see P. & Z. Ch. 1329
Conditional Use Permits - see P. & Z. Ch. 1331
Similar uses - see P. & Z. Ch. 1333