<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 14-157. - Minimum standards for space, use, and location.</div>
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               (a)
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               <span class="ital">Room sizes.</span> Every dwelling unit shall contain at least the minimum room size in each habitable
               room as required by the state residential building code (Volume I-B of the state building
               code) and stated below:
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               (1)
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               Every dwelling unit shall contain at least 150 square feet of habitable floor area
               for the first occupant, at least 100 square feet of additional habitable area for
               each of the next three occupants, and at least 75 square feet of additional habitable
               floor area for each additional occupant.
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               (2)
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               In every dwelling unit and in every rooming unit, every room occupied for sleeping
               purposes by one occupant shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor area, and
               every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant shall contain
               at least 50 square feet of floor area for each occupant 12 years of age and over and
               at least 35 square feet of floor area for each occupant under 12 years of age.
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               (b)
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               <span class="ital">Ceiling height.</span> At least one-half of the floor area off every habitable room shall have a ceiling
               height of not less than seven feet and six inches.
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               (c)
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               <span class="ital">[Floor area calculation.]</span> Floor area calculation shall be as required by the state residential building code
               (Volume I-B) and as stated below. Floor area shall be calculated on the basis of habitable
               room area. However, closet area and wall area within the dwelling unit may count for
               not more than ten percent of the required habitable floor area. The floor area of
               any part of any room where the ceiling height is less than four and one-half feet
               shall not be considered as part of the floor area computing the total area of the
               room to determine maximum permissible occupancy.
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               (Ord. of 11-1-2016(1), art. A, Â§ 7)
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