Princeville — Title 15 Ch. 15.24 Property Maintenance and Occupancy Code § 15.24.060

No person shall occupy or let to be occupied any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the following requirements; the owner shall be responsible for maintaining such building, structure or dwelling in compliance with these requirements: A.
Dwelling Units. The maximum occupancy of any dwelling unit shall not exceed the lesser value of the following two (2) requirements:
1. For the first occupancy of a dwelling unit there shall be at least two hundred (200) square feet of floor area and there shall be at least one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor area for every additional occupancy thereof; the floor area to be calculated on the basis of total habitable room area.
2. No more than one (1) family or two (2) occupants shall occupy a dwelling unit. For purposes of this property maintenance code, "family" shall be defined as one (1) or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption; or five (5) or fewer persons, all of whom are not necessarily related to each of the others by blood, marriage or adoption, all living together as a single housekeeping unit and using common kitchen facilities (that is, an unrelated family).
B. Sleeping Area. Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one (1) occupant shall contain at least seventy (70) square feet of floor area and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one (1) person shall contain at least fifty (50) square feet of floor area for each additional occupant thereof.
C. Access.
1. No dwelling or dwelling unit containing two (2) or more sleeping rooms shall have room arrangements such that access to a bathroom or water closet compartment intended for use by occupants of more than one (1) sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room; nor shall room arrangements be such that access to a sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room. A bathroom or water closet compartment shall not be used as the only passageway to any habitable room, hall, basement or cellar or to the exterior of the dwelling unit.
2. Every dwelling unit shall be arranged in such a manner that each room is accessible from every other room, rooms or other areas not exclusively a part of such dwelling unit except through a doorway equipped with a door and a lock.
D. Overcrowding. If any dwelling unit is overcrowded, the code enforcement officer may order the number of persons sleeping or occupying the room to be so reduced that it shall not exceed the maximum occupancy permitted in subsection A of this Section.
E. Ceiling Height.
1. At least one-half (½) of the floor area of every habitable room shall have a clear ceiling height of at least seven and one-half (7½) feet; the floor area of that part of any room which is less than five (5) feet shall not be considered as part of the floor area in computing the total floor area of the room for the purpose of determining the maximum permissible occupancy thereof.
2. All public corridors and hallways shall have a ceiling height of not less than seven and one-half (7½) feet. Hallways within dwelling units shall have a ceiling clearance of not less than seven (7) feet.
3. Bathroom/toilet compartments and utility non-habitable basement rooms shall have a ceiling clearance of not less than seven (7) feet.
F. Closet Space. Every dwelling unit shall have at least four (4) square feet of floor-to-ceiling height closet space for the personal effects of each permissible occupant; if it is lacking in whole or in part, an amount of space equal in square footage to the deficiency shall be subtracted from the area of habitable room space used in determining permissible occupancy.