Discussion and Review of Tiffin Municipal Code Revisions – Preparation for Setting the Public Hearing — Tiffin City Code - DRAFT

CHAPTER 156 HOUSING CODE distance apart equivalent to at least 25 percent of the perimeter of the room. Every such outlet and fixture shall be properly installed. B. Every habitable room, toilet room, bathroom, laundry room, furnace room, basement, and cellar shall contain at least one supplied ceiling- or wall- type electric light fixture or switched outlet. Every such outlet and fixture shall be properly installed. C. Temporary wiring or extension cords shall not be used as permanent wiring. 11. Minimum Space, Use and Location Requirements. A. Floor Area Per Occupant: (1) Every dwelling unit shall contain at least 120 square feet of habitable floor space for the first occupant thereof and at least 100 additional square feet of habitable floor space for every additional occupant thereof. (2) For the purpose of determining the maximum permissible occupancy, the floor area of that part of a room where the ceiling height is less than five feet shall not be considered when computing the total floor area of the room. B. Maximum Occupancy. Not more than one family, plus that number of roomers permitted in the Zoning Ordinance, except for guests, shall occupy a dwelling unit unless a rental permit for a rooming house has been granted. C. Sleeping Rooms. In every dwelling unit of two or more rooms and every rooming unit, every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor space, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant shall contain at least 40 square feet of floor space for each additional occupant thereof, except two-bedroom manufactured housing shall be required to have only one bedroom in compliance with this section. D. Ceiling Height. The ceiling height of every habitable room shall be at least seven feet. (1) In any habitable room where the ceiling is a part of a sloping roof, at least one-half of the floor area shall have a ceiling height of at least seven feet. Floor area, as stated above, means the area of the floor where the vertical measurement from floor to ceiling is five feet or more. (2) Obstructions of space by such items as water and gas pipes and cabinetry shall be permitted when such obstructions are located within two feet of a partition or wall, do not interfere with normal ingress and egress, would not interfere with an emergency ingress or egress, and are approved by the Inspector. Obstruction of ceiling space shall be permitted when such obstruction is located at a height of not less than six feet, four inches from the floor and which does not occupy more than 25 percent of the cubic area of the space within a room further than six feet, four inches from the floor. CODE OF ORDINANCES, TIFFIN, IOWA - 1338 -