§ 5-235. Efficiency apartments.  


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  • Every dwelling unit which is occupied by two or more occupants, and which contains a room not intended primarily for cooking or sleeping but which is properly designed and equipped or especially furnished with a kitchenette and bed furniture properly designed for daytime storage or other daytime uses to be maintained as a combination of regular living and efficiency sleeping, may contain 100 square feet less gross floor area than required in this section. Every habitable room shall have a minimum ceiling height of seven feet over 50 percent of the floor area. Any portion of a room having a ceiling height of less than five feet shall not be considered in computing the total floor area of such room.

(Ord. No. 2008-16, § 2(169), 10-8-2008)