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i City of Saint Anthony Housing Maintenance Ordinance Draft Number 1 -- November 10, 1991 Page Number 14 1 ordinance, to be removed from or shut off from or discontinued for any occupied dwelling 2 or dwelling unit let or occupied by him/her, except for such temporary interruptions as may 3 be necessary while actual repairs or alterations are in process, or during temporary 4 emergencies. 5 6 7 8 SECTION 4. 9 10 MAXIMUM DENSITY. MINIMUM SPACE, USE AND LOCATION 11 REQUIREMENTS. No person shall occupy nor permit or let to be occupied any 12 dwelling or dwelling unit for the purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the 13 following requirements: 14 15 PERMISSIBLE OCCUPANCY OF DWELLING UNIT. With the exception of owners 16 occupying a respective dwelling unit prior to 1940, the maximum permissible occupancy of 17 any dwelling unit shall be determined by reference to the current Minnesota Uniform 18 Building Codes. 19 20 ONE FAMILY PER DWELLING UNIT. Not more than one family, except for 21 temporary guests, shall occupy a dwelling unit. 22. 23 MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHT. In order to qualify as habitable, rooms shall have a clear 24 ceiling height of not less than seven feet, six inches, except that in attics or top-half stories 25 used for sleeping, study, or similar activities, the ceiling height shall be not less than seven 26 feet six inches over at least one-half of the floor area. In calculating the floor area of such 27 rooms in attics or top-half stories, only those portions of the floor area of the room having .28 a clear ceiling height of five feet or more may be included. Open beam ceilings shall have 29 a clear ceiling height of seven feet. 30 31 ACCESS THROUGH SLEEPING ROOMS AND BATHROOMS. No dwelling unit build 32 after 1940 and containing two or more sleeping rooms shall have a room arrangement such 33 that access to a bathroom or water closet compartment intended for use by occupants of 34 more than one sleeping room can be gained only by going through another sleeping room, 35 nor shall the room arrangement be such that access to a sleeping room can be gained only 36 be going though another sleeping room. A bathroom or water closet compartment shall not 37 be used as the only passageway to any habitable room, hall, basement or cellar or to the 38 exterior of any dwelling unit.