Floor Area, Habitable
The aggregate of the horizontal area of all rooms used for habitation, such as living room, dining room, kitchen, and
bedroom
(s) but not including hallways, stairways,
cellars
, service rooms, utility rooms, bathrooms, closets, unheated areas such as enclosed
porches
nor rooms without at least one (1) window or skylight opening onto an outside yard or court. At least one-half (1/2) of the floor area of every
habitable room
shall have a ceiling height of not less than seven (7) feet and the floor area of that part of the room where ceiling height is less than five (5) feet shall not be considered part of the "
habitable floor area
."
