2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-361. (Formerly Sec. 19-365). Basement living rooms.
Sec. 19a-361. (Formerly Sec. 19-365). Basement living rooms. In tenement
houses, no room in the cellar or in the basement shall be constructed, altered, converted
or occupied for living purposes, unless all of the following conditions are complied
with: (1) Such room shall be at least seven feet six inches high, in each part, from the
floor to the ceiling; (2) the ceiling of such room shall be at least four feet and six inches
above the surface of the street or ground outside of or adjoining the same; (3) all walls
surrounding such room shall be damp-proof; (4) the floor of such room shall be damp-proof and waterproof.
History: Sec. 19-365 transferred to Sec. 19a-361 in 1983; P.A. 88-70 amended Subdiv. (1), reducing the minimum ceiling height from eight feet six inches to seven feet six inches.
Cited. 13 CA 1, 8.
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