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11 <br />occupant, at least one hundred (100) square feet of <br />additional floor area for each of the next three (3) <br />occupants, and at least seventy -five (75) square feet of <br />additional habitable floor area for each additional <br />occupant. <br />8.2 HABITABLE SLEEPING ROOMS. <br />(a) Any room within a dwelling used for sleeping purposes shall <br />be a habitable room. <br />(b) In a rooming house every room occupied for sleeping <br />purposes by one occupant shall contain at least seventy <br />(70) square fee of floor area area. Every room occupied <br />for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant shall <br />contain at least fifty (50) square feet of floor are for <br />occupants twelve (12) years of age and over and at least <br />thirty -five (35) square feet of floor area for each <br />occupant under twelve (12) years of age. <br />8.3 CEILING HEIGHT <br />(a) Every habitable room shall have a clear ceiling height of <br />seven (7) feet, six (6) inches for at least sixty (60) <br />square feet of net floor area or fifty (50) percent of net <br />floor area, whichever is greater. <br />(b) Kitchen shall have a minimum ceiling height of seven (7) <br />feet measured to the lowest projection from the ceiling to <br />finished floor, excluding lighting fixtures in designated <br />eating areas. <br />(c) The required ceiling height for dwelling units must comply <br />with N.C. State Codes with the exception of mobile homes <br />complying with Federal and State requirements at the time <br />of manufacture. <br />ARTICLE IY - MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR CONTROL OF VERMIN <br />9.1 INSECT SCREENS <br />(a) In every dwelling unit, for protection against mosquitoes, <br />flies, and other insects, every door used or intended for <br />use for ventilation opening directly from a dwelling unit <br />to outdoor space shall have supplied and installed screens <br />and a self- closing device that is in good repair. <br />(b) Every window or other device opening to an door space used <br />or intended to be used for ventilation shall be supplied <br />with screens in good repair. <br />(c) Every basement of cellar window used or intended to be used <br />for ventilation, and every other opening to a basement <br />