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Oakland City Zoning Code

§ 59-62

Floor area in residential districts.

[Amended 11-1-1989 by Ord. No. 89-Code-171]
A. 
Compliance to schedule required. In a residential zone, no dwelling shall hereafter be erected unless it complies with the minimum floor area requirements set forth in Schedule D: Minimum Livable Floor Area in Residential Zones, which is hereby made a part of this chapter, fixing the minimum floor areas of residential buildings.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said schedule is included in Subsection C and is included as an attachment to this chapter.
B. 
Split-level house. For the purposes of this chapter, a "split-level house" shall be deemed:
(1) 
A one-story house if not more than two floor levels are located at or above the average finished grade of the front elevation.
(2) 
A one-and-one-half-story house if more than two floor levels are located at or above the average finished grade of the front elevation.
C. 
Minimum Livable Floor Area in Residential Zone Schedule. The minimum square-foot areas shown below are exclusive of basements or cellars, attics, heating rooms, garages, porches and breezeways.
District
1-Story
(square feet)
1 1/2-Story, First Floor
(square feet)
1 1/2-Story, Second Floor
(square feet)
2- or 2 1/2-Story First Floor
(square feet)
2- or 2 1/2-Story, Second Floor
(square feet)
RA-1
1,712
1,306
483
1,062
690
RA-2
1,567
1,188
444
966
642
RA-3
1,417
1,070
395
870
595