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City of Saint Anthony Housing Maintenance Ordinance Draft Number 3 -- March 23, 1992 Page Number 14 1 No person shall occupy nor permit or let to be occupied any dwelling or dwelling unit for 2 the purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the following requirements: 3 4 PERMISSIBLE OCCUPANCY OF DWELLING UNIT. With the exception of owners 5 occupying a respective dwelling unit prior to 1940, the maximum permissible occupancy of 6 any dwelling unit shall be determined by reference to the current Minnesota Uniform 7 Building Codes. 8 9 ONE FAMILY PER DWELLING UNIT. Not more than one family, except for temporary 10 guests, shall occupy a dwelling unit. 11 12 MINIMUM CEILING HEIGHT. In order to qualify as habitable, rooms shall have a clear 13 ceiling height of not less than seven feet, six inches, except that in attics or top-half stories 14 used for sleeping, study, or similar activities, the ceiling height shall be not less than seven 15 feet six inches over at least one-half of the floor area. In calculating the floor area of such 16 rooms in attics or top-half stories, only those portions of the floor area of the room having 17 a clear ceiling height of five feet or more may be included: Open beam ceilings shall have 18 a clear ceiling height of seven feet. 19 20 ACCESS THROUGH SLEEPING ROOMS AND BATHROOMS. No dwelling unit build 21 after 1940 and containing two or more sleeping rooms shall have a room arrangement such 22 that access to a bathroom or water closet compartment intended for use by occupants of 23 more than one sleeping room can be gained only by going through another sleeping room, 24 nor shall the room arrangement be such that access to a sleeping room can be gained only 25 be going though another sleeping room. A bathroom or water closet compartment shall not 26 be used as the only passageway to any habitable room, hall, basement or cellar or to the 27 exterior of any dwelling unit.