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acoi '29 FICF 598 or assists in the prosecution of a criminal proceeding under this article shall be liable for damages hereunder unless he acted with malice and without reasonable grounds for believing that the person accused was guilty of an unlawful act or omission. Sec. 470. Housing Appeals Board. (a) There is hereby created a Housing Appeals Board to which appeals may be taken from decisions or orders of the Inspector as provided in Section 4-84. The Board shall consist of five (5) members to serve for three-year staggered terms. The Board shall have power to elect its own officers; to fix the times and places of its meetings; to adopt necessary rules of procedure; and any other rules and regulations which may be necessary for the proper discharge of its duties. The Board shall perform the duties prescribed by this division and shall keep an accurate record of all its proceedings. (b) The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint the five (5) regular members of the Housing Appeals Board for the terms specified above. The Board of County Commissioners shall also appoint five (5) alternate members at large to serve on the Housing Appeals Board in the absence of any regular member. Alternate members shall be appointed to serve three (3) year staggered terms. Each alternate member, while attending any regular or special meeting of the Housing Appeals Board and serving in the absence of any regular member, as provided in the rules of procedure of said Board, shall have and exercise all the powers and duties of any regular member absent from the meeting. DIVISION2. MINIMUM STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS See. 4-71. Generally Dwellings and dwelling units used as a human habitation, or held out for use as a human habitation. shall comply with all of the minimum standards offitness for human habitation. All owners and occupants shall comply with the requirements of this article so as to maintain these standards. No person shall occupy as owner-occupant, or let to another for occupanc} or use as a human habitation, any dwelling or dwelling unit which violates this Article. Outbuildings and appurtenances are included in these standards. Stnuctures not meeting these standards shall be demolished and removed from the premises or rehabilitated. Sec. 4-72. Mininunn Space and Use Standards. The following shall constitute the minimum standards for residential buildingand shall be pertinent in determining fitness for human habitation: (a) There shall be at least one habitable room v, fill at least 150 square feet of floor space. Other habitable rooms shall have an area not less than 70 square feet; except that kitchens may have 50 square feet. (b) Those habitable rooms which must be included to meet the Rrregoing minimum space standards shall be at least seven (7) feet side in any pan with an least one-half (1/2) of the floor area having a ceiling height of at least seven (7) feet. That portion of any room where the ceiling height is less than five (5) feet shall not be considered in the required floor area. (c) No basement shall be used as a habitable room or housing unit unless: (I) The floors and walls are impervious to leakM1,e of underl-liound and surface runoff witer and insulated against dampness and condensation. C:mx;doCAsrAadministrttit'etiles\ordinznceAmhordinarncc-Iccco-updated 91115103)