Winchester, Virginia · General provision

Sec. 18-4

Extracted standards

4 individual requirements pulled out of this section’s prose, each with the sentence it came from.

Other

  • Bedroom exit requirements

    Two means of exit must be available from a bedroom, with one being a door or window leading directly to the exterior. Window exit must have width at least 20 inches, height at least 24 inches, clear opening at least 5.7 sq ft, sill max 44 inches.

  • Bedroom occupancy standards

    One occupant per bedroom requires at least 70 square feet of bedroom floor area. Two or more occupants requires at least 50 square feet of bedroom floor area per person.

  • In a condominium or Multifamily units, the number of adults allowed is calculated by taking the square footage of the dwelling unit and dividing by 200.

  • Smoke detector requirement

    Sleeping rooms built after 1996 must have an electrically-powered smoke detector, interconnected with smoke detectors in other sleeping rooms.

From the ordinance

The maximum number of adult occupants permitted in a dwelling unit is based upon the size of the entire dwelling unit.
Sec. 18-4