Athens City Code

The number of persons occupying any dwelling unit shall be limited by the following requirements:

1. (1) Sleeping rooms. Every sleeping room for one occupant shall have at least 70 square feet of floor space or, if occupied by more than one person, at least 50 square feet per occupant.
2. (2) Size of dwelling unit. The total of all habitable rooms in a dwelling unit shall be such as to provide at least 600 square feet of floor space for the first occupant and 100 square feet of floor space for each additional occupant, provided that, in the case of municipally sponsored low rental housing, the size of an efficiency dwelling unit that combines the living room and bedroom shall have at least 500 square feet of floor space for the first occupant and 100 square feet for each additional occupant.
3. (3) Minimum height of habitable rooms. Every habitable room shall be not less than seven feet in height from the floor to the ceiling throughout one-half of the area of such room. Any portion of a room having a ceiling height of less than five feet shall not be considered in computing the total floor area for such room.
4. (4) Minimum floor area, width. No habitable room shall contain less than 70 square feet of floor area, nor shall the least horizontal dimension of such room be less than seven feet.

(Code 1972, § 4-508; Code 1995, § 12-508)