§ 14.12.360. Ceiling height.  


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  • Habitable rooms or areas shall have a ceiling height of not less than 7 feet 6 inches except as otherwise permitted in this section. Other rooms or areas may have a ceiling height of not less than 7 feet measured to the lowest projection from the ceiling.

    If any room in a building has a sloping ceiling, the prescribed ceiling height for the room is required in only one half the area thereof. No portion of the room measuring less than 5 feet from the finished floor to the finished ceiling shall be included in any computation of the minimum area thereof.

    If any room has a furred ceiling, the prescribed ceiling height is required in two-thirds the area thereof, but in no case shall the height of the furred ceiling be less than 7 feet.

(Ord. 5363 § 17, 1978: Ord. 4729 § 5.03(a), 1965)