Article VI. Minimum Standards for Space and Use.
Sec. 15.1-22. "Occupant" defined for purposes of article.
For the purposes of this article, a person under one year
of age shall not be counted as an occupant. (10-5-64.)
Sec. 15.1-23. Floor area requirements.
No person shall occupy or shall let to another for occupancy
any dwelling, rooming house, dwelling unit or rooming
unit which does not comply with the following minimum
standards for space, use and location:
(a) Every dwelling unit shall contain at least one hundred
fifty square feet of habitable floor area for the first occupant,
at least one hundred square feet of additional habitable floor
area for each of the next three occupants, and, thereafter,
at least seventy-five square feet of additional habitable floor
area for each additional occupant.
(b) 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 occupant shall contain at least fifty square feet
of floor area for each occupant twelve years of age and over
and at least thirty-five square feet of floor area for each
occupant under twelve years of age.
(c) Floor area shall be calculated on the basis of habitable
room area. However, closet area and hall area within the
dwelling unit, where provided, may count for not more than
ten per cent of the required habitable floor area. At least
one-half of the floor area of every habitable room shall have
a ceiling height of at least seven feet. (10-5-64; 11-20-67.)
Sec. 15.1-23.1. Minimum standards for adequate egress.
Every dwelling, dwelling unit and rooming unit shall provide
for an adequate means of egress. (7-3-67.)
Sec. 15.1-24. Repealed by ordinance passed November 20, 1967.
Sec. 15.1-25. Cellars.
No cellar shall be used for living purposes. (10-5-64.)
Sec. 15.1-26. Basements.
No basement shall be used for living purposes unless:
(a) The floor and walls are substantially water-tight.
(b) The total window area, total openable area and ceiling
height are equal to those required for habitable rooms.
(10-5-64.)
