(a) Every person who has contracted or undertaken, or is bound to heat or to furnish heat for any building or portion thereof, occupied as a business establishment where one (1) or more persons are employed, shall heat or furnish heat for every occupied room in such building or portion thereof, so that a minimum temperature of seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70°F) may be maintained therein at all occupied times.
(b) Whenever a building is heated by means of a furnace, boiler or other apparatus under the control of the owner, agent or lessee of such building, such owner, agent or lessee, in the absence of a written or verbal contract or agreement to the contrary, shall be deemed to have contracted, undertaken or bound himself or herself to furnish heat in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(c) As used in this section, “at all occupied times” means all times at which a building or a portion thereof is occupied during the usual working hours established or maintained for such business establishment, of each day whenever the outer or street temperature falls below fifty degrees Fahrenheit (50°F).
(d) Nothing herein shall apply to buildings or portions thereof, used and occupied by trades, business or occupations where high or low temperatures are essential and unavoidable.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)