§ 46-564. Habitable basement or attic counted as a story.  


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  • In measuring heights, a habitable basement or attic shall be counted as a story. A story in a sloping roof, the area of which story at a height of four feet above the floor does not exceed two-thirds of the floor area of the story immediately below it and which does not contain an independent apartment, shall be counted as a half story.

(Code 1990, ch. 11, § 2(D)(3)(a); Ord. No. 96-03-19-09, 3-19-1996; Ord. No. 97-12-02-31, 12-2-1997; Ord. No. 2001-09-11-21, 9-11-2001; Ord. No. 98-11-03-54, 11-3-1998; Ord. No. 2001-04-03-10, 4-3-2001; Ord. No. 2002-02-05-06, 2-5-2002; Ord. No. 2011-07-05-37, §§ I—XXV, 7-5-2011)