Every habitable room shall have at least 1 window or skylight facing directly to the outdoors. The minimum total window area, measured between stops, for every habitable room shall be 10% of the floor area of the room. Whenever walls or other portions of structures face a window of any room and the light-obstruction structures are located less than 3 feet from the window and extend to a level above that of the ceiling of the rooms, the window shall not be included as contributing to the required minimum total window area. Whenever the only window in a room is a skylight-type window in the top of the room, the total window area of the skylight shall equal at least 15% of the total floor area of the room.
(Prior Code, § 96.31) (Ord. 3337, passed 8-7-1961) Penalty, see § 10.99