Town of Farmington, CT
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2024-02-04
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The Code
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Part II General Legislation
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Chapter 118 Housing Standards
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Article VI Minimum Space, Use and Location Requirements
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Building Code Board of Appeals
- Ch 9 Conservation and Inland Wetlands Commission
- Ch 12 Cooperative Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 16 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 20 Economic and Business Development
- Ch 22 Enforcement of Zoning Regulations, Inland Wetland Regulations and Aquifer Protection Area Regulations for Level a Mapped Areas
- Ch 24 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 27 Fair Rent Commission
- Ch 29 Fire Department
- Ch 31 Housing Agencies
- Ch 35 Human Relations Commission
- Ch 38 (Reserved)
- Ch 41 Justices of the Peace
- Ch 47 Officers and Employees
- Ch 51 Pensions
- Ch 53 Public Buildings
- Ch 55 Purchasing
- Ch 59 Regional Councils and Authorities
- Ch 62 Signpost, Official
- Ch 68 Water Pollution Control Authority
- General Legislation
- Ch 73 Adult-Oriented Establishments
- Ch 75 Alarm Systems
- Ch 76 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 78 Animals
- Ch 83 Building Construction
- Ch 86 Buildings, Demolition of
- Ch 87 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 88 Buildings, Blighted
- Ch 91 Citation Hearing Procedure
- Ch 98 Fees
- Ch 101 Fire Hydrants
- Ch 106 Food-Processing and Food-Service Establishments
- Ch 111 Historic Areas
- Ch 118 Housing Standards
- Ch 118 Art VI Minimum Space, Use and Location Requirements
- § 118-37 Compliance required.
- § 118-38 Sleeping areas.
- § 118-39 Ceiling height.
- § 118-40 Cellar space.
- § 118-41 Basement space.
- § 118-42 Floor space; calculation.
- Ch 125 Inland Wetlands and Watercourses
- Ch 126 Aquifer Protection Agency
- Ch 135 Noise
- Ch 140 Parking Lots
- Ch 144 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 148 Property, Town-Owned
- Ch 151 Scenic Roads
- Ch 152 Septic Systems
- Ch 156 Sewers
- Ch 159 Signs
- Ch 165 Solid Waste
- Ch 169 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 172 Subdivision Regulations
- Ch 174 Swimming Pools, Private
- Ch 176 Taxation
- Ch 182 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 186 Vehicles, Junked
- Ch 189 Vehicles, Motorized
- Ch 193 Water
- Ch 197 Zoning Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch A205 Rules of Procedure
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Amended 2-13-2019]
No person shall occupy or let to another for
occupancy any rental dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of
living therein, which does not comply with the following requirements.
Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by
one occupant shall contain at least 70 square feet of usable floor
area, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one
occupant shall contain at least 50 additional square feet of usable
floor area for each additional occupant thereof.
Ceiling height shall conform to the standards
as required by the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the State
of Connecticut and the Town of Farmington.
No cellar space shall be used as a habitable
room or dwelling unit.
No basement space shall be used as a habitable
room or dwelling unit unless, in addition to the other provisions
of this chapter:
[Amended 2-13-2019]
Every rental dwelling unit shall contain at
least 150 square feet of floor space for the first occupant thereof
and at least 100 additional square feet of floor space for every additional
occupant thereof, the floor space to be calculated on the basis of
the total habitable room area.
