In order to promote healthful living conditions and to stabilize the value and character of residential neighborhoods, dwellings shall be erected, altered, moved, maintained, modernized or occupied only in accordance with the following dwelling area regulations:
(a) Dwelling Unit Area. For the above purposes, the area of a dwelling unit shall be the sum of the gross floor area above the basement level, including those rooms and closets having a minimum ceiling height of seven feet six inches and having the natural light and ventilation as required by the Building Code. In order to be included, rooms above the first floor shall be directly connected to one another by permanent stairs and halls.
(b) Floor Area Measurements. The area shall be measured from the interior face of the exterior walls and measured from the interior face of exterior walls and centerline of party walls where applicable for two-family dwellings.
(c) Spaces Included as Floor Area. All areas within garages and breezeways; porches; public halls in two-family dwellings; and any attached or detached accessory building shall not be included. Only the spaces shown on the plans for which a building permit is applied for and which are to be completed shall be included in the calculations of the required area.
(d) Minimum Area. The gross floor area of a dwelling unit shall be not less than the square footage set forth in the following schedule for the district in which the dwelling is located.
Minimum Floor Area of a Dwelling Unit
(square feet per unit)
R-50 | |||||
Type of Dwelling | R-100 | R-80 | R-60 | 1-Fam | 2-Fam |
One-story dwelling | 1,500 | 1,200 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Dwelling with more than one story | 1,700 | 1,400 | 1,250 | 1,250 | 1,250 |
(Ord. 2020-21. Passed 2-18-20.)