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Chicago basement ceiling height: 7'6" or 7'?
I have a non conforming basement unit in a legal 3 flat. The ceilings in the basement are a hair over 7' (full size door fits), and trying to understand whether to duplex down my first floor unit and go from 3/1 to 4/2 bed/bath legally.
Per the link below, I'm seeing that in a "sleeping space" that the ceilings are permitted to be 7' (or less, for a bathroom):
https://www.map-strategies.com...
However, the chicago code says the height should be 7' 6":
https://chicagocode.org/13-64-....
So which is it?
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