The following are minimum standards, against which the building official shall measure any alleged violation constituting imminent danger, hazardous conditions, substandard conditions or minor deficiencies:
A. Exterior Standards:
1. Structural Repair: All roofs, floors, walls, chimneys, foundations, and other structural components shall be repaired when they no longer retain their structural integrity. Loose bricks in chimneys shall be repaired and missing chimney caps shall be replaced.
2. Exterior Surfaces: Exposed materials that require weather protection and exterior surfaces that are deteriorating shall be repaired to the extent necessary to stop damage from cold, wind, water, or dampness. The roof covering and flashing shall form an impervious membrane.
3. Drainage: All surface water shall drain away from the structure unless any potential adverse effect of the runoff is mitigated to the reasonable satisfaction of the building official.
4. Windows And Doors: Windows that are required by this chapter for light and ventilation shall be fully glazed. Window openings not required to meet light, ventilation, and egress standards may be sealed with opaque materials or removed. Broken or missing doors, doorframes, windows, and window sashes shall be replaced or repaired.
5. Appendages: All awnings, fire escapes, exhaust ducts and similar appendages shall be maintained in good repair and be properly anchored.
6. House Addressing: All residential buildings shall display a street number in a prominent location on the street side of the building in such a position that the number is easily visible to approaching emergency vehicles. The numbers shall be no less than three inches (3") in height and shall be of a contrasting color to the background to which they are attached. Each individual unit within any multiple-family structure shall display a prominent identification number, not less than two inches (2") in height, which is easily visible.
7. Exterior Walkways: All sidewalks, walkways, stairs, driveways, parking spaces and similar areas shall be kept in a proper state of repair, and maintained free from hazardous conditions.
B. Interior Standards:
1. Showers/Tubs: Showers shall be finished to a height of seventy inches (70") above the fixture drain outlet with nonabsorbent material. Freestanding tubs with shower risers may utilize a shower curtain that totally encloses all sides of the tub.
2. Floor Coverings: All floor and stair coverings shall be maintained in a secure and substantially intact manner. This standard does not apply to area or throw rugs within dwelling units.
3. Walls And Ceilings: All walls and ceilings shall be maintained so that they are secure and intact. Surfaces shall be painted or covered with wallpaper or paneling.
4. Finishes, Washable Surfaces: In kitchens and bathrooms of congregate housing and SROs, floors and walls within fifteen inches (15") of sinks, bidets, showers, toilets, and tubs shall be finished with a nonporous material that is not adversely affected by moisture.
5. Operable Fixtures And Equipment: All fixtures, appliances, and equipment required by this code shall be maintained in safe and operable condition.
C. Doors, Trim And Hardware:
1. All doors, trim and hardware shall be kept in good working condition.
2. Exterior doors which are required for ingress and egress shall have locks which are keyed from the exterior and are operable from the interior without the use of a key or other special equipment or knowledge. Original locks in historic buildings are not required to be replaced if in good working condition.
3. Hinges for outswinging doors shall be equipped with nonremovable hinge pins or a mechanical interlock to preclude removal of the door from the exterior by removing the hinge pins.
D. Environmental Or Sanitary Standards:
1. All premises shall be maintained clean, safe, sanitary and free from an accumulation of rubbish. Every occupant of a structure shall keep that part of the structure and exterior property which such occupant occupies, controls or uses in a clean and sanitary condition. Every owner of a structure containing a boarding and rooming house, fraternity and sorority house, dormitory, SRO or multiple-family dwelling units shall maintain, in a clean and sanitary condition, the shared or public areas of the structure and exterior property.
2. Garbage and refuse storage and removal shall meet the requirements of the health department regulations.
3. There shall be no insect or rodent infestation in violation of the health department regulations.
4. Asbestos, regardless of the date of installation, shall meet the requirements of the health department regulations.
5. A room in which a toilet is located shall be separated from food preparation or storage rooms by a tightfitting door.
E. Space And Occupancy Standards:
1. Ceiling Heights:
a. Habitable Rooms: The minimum ceiling height for all habitable rooms shall be seven feet six inches (7'6"), except for kitchens, which may be seven feet zero inches (7'0") when the requirements of this chapter for emergency egress, light and ventilation are met and a one hundred twenty (120) volt electrical powered smoke detector is installed in the room. The only exception is that a smoke detector is not required in a kitchen. Projections shall be allowed to six feet four inches (6'4") when the projection is not in the pattern of circulation and projections are not greater than twenty percent (20%) of the floor area of the room.
b. Nonhabitable Rooms Except Bathrooms: All nonhabitable rooms, except bathrooms, shall have no minimum ceiling height requirement.
c. Bathrooms And Toilet Rooms: Bathrooms and toilet rooms shall have a minimum ceiling height of six feet four inches (6'4") with no projections below the six foot four inch (6'4") minimum. The bathroom ceiling height at the back of a sink, toilet or tub without shower may be sloped to a minimum height of five feet zero inches (5'0") at the wall when the ceiling height meets the minimum required height at a point two feet zero inches (2'0") from the wall adjacent to the bathroom plumbing fixture.
d. Sloping Ceilings: In any room with a sloping ceiling, at least one-half (1/2) the floor area shall have a minimum ceiling height as required by this section. No portion of the room with a ceiling height below five feet zero inches (5'0") may be used in the floor area computation.
e. Corridors: A minimum ceiling height of six feet four inches (6'4") shall be required in corridors.
2. Room And Corridor Size:
a. Floor Area And Room Dimensions: Dwelling units shall have at least one habitable room with not less than one hundred twenty (120) square feet of floor area. Habitable rooms other than a kitchen shall have an area not less than seventy (70) square feet and shall not be less than seven feet (7') in length or width.
b. Sleeping Room Dimensions: Every room used for sleeping shall have at least seventy (70) square feet of floor area. Where more than two (2) persons occupy a room used for sleeping, the required floor area shall be increased at the rate of fifty (50) square feet for each occupant in excess of two (2).
c. Corridors: The minimum width of corridors shall be thirty six inches (36"). In dwelling units constructed prior to 1983, a minimum corridor width of thirty inches (30") shall be permitted.
3. Special Dwellings:
a. Efficiency Dwelling Units: An efficiency dwelling unit shall:
(1) Have a living room of at least one hundred ninety (190) square feet of floor area. An additional one hundred (100) square feet of floor area shall be provided for each occupant in excess of two (2);
(2) Have a closet;
(3) Have a kitchen sink and cooking and refrigeration facilities, each having a clear working space of at least thirty inches (30") in front of the fixture or appliance;
(4) Have a bathroom containing a toilet, sink and bathtub or shower.
b. Congregate Housing: Individual units in congregate housing shall have at least one room with not less than seventy (70) square feet of floor area per occupant. When individual rooms are less than one hundred twenty (120) square feet, a separate common room shall be provided of at least one hundred twenty (120) square feet for each ten (10) units, with a minimum of one common room per floor. When separate rooms are not provided with cooking facilities, the common room may be a common kitchen with a floor area as defined by the floor area computation.
4. Cooking Facilities:
a. Cooking Facilities In Dwelling Units: Each dwelling unit shall have a kitchen that supplies:
(1) A range with stove top and oven. Hot plates, pans, and similar units shall not be considered as cooking facilities. All cooking appliances shall be maintained in good working condition.
(2) An approved sink, with a minimum dimension of twelve inches by twelve inches (12" x 12") by four inches (4") deep.
(3) A minimum of four (4) square feet of counter space.
(4) A refrigerator.
b. Cooking Facilities For Individual Units In Congregate Housing: As long as such cooking facilities do not encroach into the required floor area, required cooking facilities may be supplied in individual units, provided all of the following items are supplied:
(1) A range with stove top and oven. Hot plates, pans and similar units shall not be considered as cooking facilities and are not allowed. Portable cooking devices are not allowed in individual rooms;
(2) An approved sink, with minimum dimensions of twelve inches by twelve inches (12" x 12") by four inches (4") deep;
(3) A minimum of four (4) square feet of counter space;
(4) A refrigerator.
c. Common Kitchens In Congregate Housing: When cooking facilities are not provided within individual units, congregate housing shall have a common kitchen area which shall contain the following minimum facilities: a sink for each twenty (20) tenants or portion thereof, a range for each twenty (20) tenants or portion thereof, and a refrigerator for each ten (10) tenants or portion thereof. The minimum kitchen area shall be one hundred twenty (120) square feet based on the floor area computation for the first ten (10) occupants or portion thereof, and an additional thirty (30) square feet for each additional ten (10) persons or portion thereof.
d. Window Size Alterations: When window size modifications are necessary to meet light, ventilation or emergency egress, the window shall meet the most currently adopted IBC standard.
F. Light And Ventilation:
1. Natural Light In Habitable Rooms:
a. Every habitable room shall have at least one window facing directly to the outdoors to provide natural light. The minimum total window area shall equal one-twentieth (1/20) or more of the floor area of the room, with a minimum of three and one-half (31/2) square feet. Special purpose rooms such as home theaters and film processing rooms shall not be subject to this requirement. Kitchens may be provided with artificial light, which shall be a minimum of 1.5 watts incandescent or 0.8 watts fluorescent per square foot of room.
b. The glazed area of an exterior door may be used for purposes of computing window size for natural light.
c. For the purpose of meeting light or ventilation requirements, as well as emergency egress, a room may be considered as a portion of an adjoining room when one-half (1/2) of the area of the common wall is open and unobstructed and provides an opening of not less than one-tenth (1/10) of the floor area of the interior room or twenty five (25) square feet, whichever is greater.
2. Ventilation:
a. Habitable Rooms:
(1) Except as provided in subsection F2a(2) of this section, all habitable rooms shall be provided with natural ventilation by means of openings to the exterior which have the capability of being closed to the weather. Total openings shall have an area at least one-twentieth (1/20) of the floor area of the room or three and one-half (31/2) square feet, whichever is greater.
(2) A mechanical ventilation system shall be allowed in lieu of openings for natural ventilation. Such system shall create a positive pressure in the room and the air intake shall be connected directly to the outside and be capable of two (2) air exchanges per hour. In kitchens, the ventilation system may create negative pressure. The air intake/exhaust source shall be located at least three feet (3') above any opening which is within ten feet (10') of the air intake/exhaust.
(3) Exterior doors may be used to meet natural ventilation requirements.
b. Bathrooms, Laundry Rooms, And Other Nonhabitable Areas:
(1) Except as provided in subsection F2b(2) of this section, all bathrooms and laundry rooms shall be provided with natural ventilation by means of openings to the exterior which have the capability of being closed to the weather. Such openings shall have a total area not less than one-twentieth (1/20) of the floor area of the room, with a minimum of one and one-half (11/2) square feet.
(2) A mechanical exhaust system connected directly to the outside shall be allowed in lieu of natural ventilation. The system shall be capable of providing five (5) air exchanges per hour. The exhaust air shall discharge at least three feet (3') above or ten feet (10') away from any air intake source. Toilet rooms may be ventilated with an approved recirculation fan or similar device designed to remove odors from the air.
(3) Mechanical or convection venting of bathrooms into the attic shall be acceptable. Recirculating fans may be used in toilet rooms only. Bathrooms with tubs or showers shall have a convection or mechanical exhaust system.
(4) Bathrooms constructed prior to 1970, which are vented with convection vent openings extending to the outside shall meet the ventilation requirement as long as the walls, ceiling and floor are not adversely affected by moisture.
G. Fire Safety Egress:
1. Fire Safety: No hazard of fire or explosion shall be created or allowed to exist in any building, premises, equipment or apparatus.
2. Exit And Emergency Egress:
a. Every dwelling unit shall have a safe, continuous and unobstructed means of egress of a minimum height of six feet four inches (6'4") and a minimum width as per this code. The exitway shall be kept in a proper state of repair and maintained free of hazardous conditions and obstructions.
b. Every sleeping room located below the fourth story shall have at least one openable window or exterior door approved for emergency egress or rescue. The opening shall have a minimum of three and one-half (31/2) square feet of openable space and clear opening dimensions of at least twenty inches (20") in one dimension and twenty four inches (24") in the other dimension. The escape window must open directly into a yard or exit court, or into a public street or alley. When windows are provided as a means of emergency egress or rescue, they shall have a finished sill height of not more than forty eight inches (48"), a permanent ladder or platform attached to the wall or floor may be installed to meet the maximum height requirement. The ladder or platform must be approved by the city.
Exception 1: Where two (2) approved emergency exit doors leading from the sleeping room to separate exitways exist and minimum light and ventilation requirements are met, this subsection does not apply. Emergency exit doors shall open directly to a yard or court, or may exit through no more than one adjoining room which has a door that leads directly to a yard or court.
Exception 2: Where minimum light and ventilation and emergency egress requirements are met, there is no minimum sill height requirement in sleeping rooms of dwelling units constructed before 1968, which have not been altered from the original construction.
Exception 3: Sleeping rooms that fail to meet the sill height, window size or net openable area for the emergency egress provisions of this code may have their emergency egress deficiencies remedied, provided the rooms meet the required natural light and ventilation requirements of the housing code, by the installation of a smoke detector in each of the deficient sleeping rooms and in the hall or space immediately adjacent to and leading into the sleeping room or area. The smoke detectors shall be wired directly to the house electrical system and be provided with a battery backup.
c. Bars, grills, grates or similar devices may be installed on emergency escapes or rescue windows or doors, provided such devices are equipped with approved release mechanisms which are operable from the inside of the grate without the use of a key or special knowledge or effort.
3. Stairs And Handrails: Stairs and rails shall meet the requirements of the means of egress section of the IBC or its successor with the following modifications:
a. If there are four (4) or more risers, a handrail shall be required. Two (2) handrails shall be required when the width of the stairs is forty eight inches (48") or more. Stairways less than forty eight inches (48") in width or stairways serving one individual dwelling unit, or a congregate residence may have one handrail. Handrails are not required for monumental stairs.
b. Handrails shall be placed not less than thirty inches (30") nor more than thirty eight inches (38") above the outermost edge of the tread. Handrails for existing stairs are not required to extend beyond the top or bottom stair tread.
c. Stairs shall have a maximum riser height of eight inches (8") and a minimum step run of nine inches (9"). Existing stair flights may have a maximum variation in rise and run of two inches (2") at the top and bottom of the flight. A maximum of one inch (1") variation of rise and run shall be allowed for all intermediate risers and treads. Stairs shall be level and shall comply with life safety standards as defined herein.
d. Winder, circular and spiral stairs shall comply with the IBC.
e. There shall be no minimum rise or run requirement nor maximum variation in the rise and run for stairs leading only to mechanical, storage, utility, and nonhabitable rooms in any residential structure and laundry rooms in individual dwelling units provided the stairs are structurally sound.
f. Steps shall be maintained in a safe manner. Missing steps, steps which are deteriorated to the point that the foothold is difficult to maintain, staircases which have missing boards, and/or staircases which contain boards that have lost their structural integrity shall be repaired to a safe condition.
g. Interior and exterior stairs shall have a minimum headroom height of six feet four inches (6'4"), except for stairs to mechanical or storage rooms, utility and nonhabitable rooms in any residential structure and laundry rooms in individual dwelling units, which have no minimum headroom height.
h. Stairs in the interior or exterior of an existing building where stair jacks are replaced or fifty percent (50%) of the tread or risers are replaced shall meet the requirements of the IBC, except that the minimum stair width shall be thirty inches (30") and the minimum headroom height shall be six feet four inches (6'4").
i. If because of the configuration of the horizontal and vertical distances an alternate stair configuration is more practical than the IBC requirement, or if the HAAB finds that the stair rhythm is safe, the HAAB may allow other configurations which are less uniform but achieve comparable safety, regardless of subsections G3c and G3d of this section.
j. A stair tread, stair support, stair riser, landing or railing which is either missing or so severely in disrepair or damaged that it cannot support its intended live and dead loads shall be repaired.
k. Interior stair landings shall have a minimum width of thirty inches (30") and a minimum length in the direction of travel of thirty inches (30").
4. Guardrails:
a. Guardrails shall be required for all balconies, porches, patios and open stairs more than thirty inches (30") above or below grade. Guardrails shall also be required for any grade change more than thirty inches (30") next to a walking surface. Guardrails shall not be less than forty two inches (42") in height, except for guardrails serving private dwelling units, which shall have a minimum height of thirty six inches (36"). Guardrails may have a minimum height of thirty six inches (36") if the building was built before 1970. Guardrails having a height less than thirty six inches (36") shall be allowed if they were installed as part of the building's original construction and are not a replacement. For structures which are on the historic register or are contributory structures located within a city historic district, height of existing and replacement guardrails may be determined based upon standards adopted by the Holladay historical commission.
b. Guardrails shall have intermediate rails or an ornamental pattern such that there is no open area in excess of four inches (4") in diameter. The diameter of such open space may be nine inches (9") for buildings built before 1985, and six inches (6") for those built between 1985 and 1991.
5. Smoke Detector Requirements:
a. When smoke detectors are required in dwelling units by the IBC, the detectors shall be mounted on the ceiling or wall at a point centrally located in the hallway or area giving access to rooms used for sleeping. In efficiency dwelling units, the detector shall be centrally located on the ceiling or wall of the main room or sleeping room.
b. Where sleeping rooms are on an upper level, the detector shall be placed at the ceiling or wall directly above the stairway immediately outside the bedrooms. Wall mounted detectors shall be a minimum of four inches (4") and a maximum of twelve inches (12") from the ceiling, but no detector shall be mounted within twelve inches (12") of any corner formed by the meeting of walls, ceilings or beams unless manufacturer's listing specifies otherwise. When activated, the detector shall provide an alarm in the dwelling unit.
c. When one or more sleeping rooms are added to or created within a structure, smoke detectors shall be installed in compliance with the manufacturer's listing and shall receive their primary power from the building wiring in compliance with the IBC.
d. All habitable rooms having a ceiling height of less than seven feet six inches (7'6") shall have installed a one hundred twenty (120) volt electrical powered smoke detector.
6. Fire Resistive Separations: Walls or ceilings separating dwelling units from each other and from hazardous uses shall be maintained in their original condition with all penetrations sealed or covered with an approved material. These separations include walls and ceilings separating a garage from a dwelling unit or common area and walls and ceilings separating furnace rooms in structures containing three (3) or more dwelling units. When fifty percent (50%) or more of a wall or ceiling is removed for any reason, the entire wall or ceiling shall be reconstructed to meet the requirements of the IBC for one hour occupancy separation.
H. Plumbing:
1. Minimum Requirements:
a. Unless provided otherwise in this chapter, plumbing, piping and fixtures shall be in accordance with the code in effect at the time of installation.
b. Plumbing, piping and fixtures shall have no leaks and shall be maintained in good condition. All waste lines shall be connected to an approved sewer system.
c. The minimum plumbing fixtures required for dwelling units are a bathroom sink, toilet, tub or shower, and kitchen sink.
d. Cold running water shall be plumbed to each toilet. Hot and cold running water shall be plumbed to each bathroom sink, tub, shower and kitchen sink.
e. Every sink, tub and shower shall be provided with hot water of at least one hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit (110°F) and with cold water.
f. A space without obstruction from floor to ceiling of not less than twelve inches (12") shall be in front of all toilets. Toilets shall be located in a space without obstruction from floor to ceiling of not less than twenty two inches (22") in width. No encroachments of these dimensions are permitted.
g. Where vents do not exist for plumbing fixtures meeting the applicable codes in effect at the time of their installation, vents need not be installed when the plumbing fixture or trap and trap arm is replaced providing the sewer line is not altered.
2. Water Heaters: Water heaters and boilers shall have a listed combination temperature and pressure relief valve and relief valve discharge pipe. All new installations of water heaters and boilers, when located above a finished space, shall include a safe pan with the UPC approved drain piped to an approved drainage system. Existing water heaters and boilers shall have a temperature and pressure relief valve. The valve shall have a listed discharge pipe which discharges no nearer than six inches (6") to the floor and no further than two feet (2') from the floor. A temperature and pressure relief valve shall be required for water heaters only when a water heater was designed for such valve.
3. Cross Connections: In order to protect against contamination of the water supply through cross connections, all water inlets for plumbing fixtures shall be located above the flood level rim of the fixture as defined in the UPC. Hoses or handheld showerheads shall not be attached in any manner that would permit water contamination during reverse pressure. Water supply pipes provided with an approved backflow preventer or antisiphon device as regulated in the UPC shall be permitted. Handheld showerheads shall be permitted when provided with a permanently mounted holder attached to the wall or shower pipe, or when an antisiphon device is installed. Water faucet outlets below the overflow rim of the fixture shall be permitted until the faucet is replaced. A new fixture shall not be installed where it would create a cross connection.
4. Drains:
a. Drain traps shall meet standards of the UPC. Existing traps shall be allowed as originally designed. If the trap has been modified it shall be replaced with an approved trap, and a vent shall be added as required by the UPC.
b. All open entrapped sewer lines and outlets shall be capped with an approved cap.
5. Fixture Requirements: Every kitchen sink, tub, shower and toilet shall be provided with a minimum of fifteen (15) psi of water pressure.
6. Bathrooms In Rental Dwelling Units: Each rental dwelling unit shall have a bathroom within the dwelling unit. Every toilet and bathtub or shower required by this code shall be in a room which will afford privacy to the occupant.
7. Congregate Housing:
a. The minimum plumbing fixtures required for congregate housing are a sink, toilet, and tub or shower for each ten (10) occupants or portion thereof and a kitchen sink. Bathrooms shall have installed a door with privacy lock.
b. Congregate housing that does not provide private toilets, sinks, bathtubs or showers shall have on each floor, accessible from a public corridor, at least one toilet, one sink, and one bathtub with shower or one separate shower for each ten (10) occupants or portion thereof. For each additional ten (10) occupants, or portion thereof, an additional one toilet, one sink and one bathtub or shower accessible from a public corridor shall be provided.
I. Mechanical:
1. Mechanical Equipment:
a. Existing Installations: Mechanical systems lawfully in existence at the time of the adoption of this code may have their use, maintenance or repair continued if the use, maintenance or repair is in accordance with the original design and location and no hazard to life, health or property has been created by such mechanical system.
b. Compliance: All mechanical equipment shall be in accordance with the code in effect at the time of installation.
c. Maintenance: All mechanical equipment shall be properly maintained and shall be operated in a safe manner.
2. Heating:
a. Temperature: Heating shall be provided by a permanently installed heating system capable of heating all habitable rooms and bathrooms to a minimum of sixty eight degrees Fahrenheit (68°F), which shall be measured in the center of the room at a height of three feet (3') from the floor.
b. Air Return: A return air duct which serves more than one dwelling unit shall not be permitted. A duplex or multiple-dwelling unit legally constructed before 1970 may have an existing common air return continued if the furnace was original installation. Existing common air return installations shall be allowed to continue when a listed smoke detector fan shutoff is installed in the return air duct of units constructed before 1985. Common air returns shall not be allowed in buildings constructed after 1985.
c. Fuel Burning Appliances:
(1) Except for direct vented appliances, gas furnaces and gas water heaters shall not be permitted in bedrooms, in bathrooms or in closets accessed only from a bedroom or a bathroom. Existing furnace rooms with access only through an existing bedroom may continue to exist when a one hundred twenty (120) volt smoke detector is installed in the bedroom and relayed to a smoke detector installed in the furnace room. All combustion air is to be supplied from outside air.
(2) Gas shutoff valves are required on all gas appliances. Shutoff valves shall be installed in accordance with the UMC.
(3) All fireplaces, wood burning stoves, and all other appliances producing combustible gas byproducts shall be connected to an operating chimney or approved flue. All flues and vents shall be installed in compliance with EPA requirements and the requirements of the UMC in effect at the time of installation.
(4) All fuel burning appliances shall be provided with listed clearances and maintained in good working condition and in accordance with their listing.
(5) All ventilation fans shall be installed according to their listing and maintained in good working condition.
(6) All ducts and vents shall be maintained according to original installation requirements.
J. Electrical:
1. Safety: All electrical equipment, wiring and appliances shall be properly installed, maintained and used in a safe manner. Unless provided otherwise in this chapter, all electrical wiring and equipment shall be in accordance with the electrical code in effect at the time of installation. All conductors shall be protected by fuses or circuit breakers that are adequately sized.
2. Electrical Equipment: Electrical equipment shall not exceed the load capacity of the service and branch circuits shall have adequately sized circuit breakers or fuses.
3. Facilities Required: The following electric facilities must be furnished at a minimum and must be operable:
a. Service: The minimum main service to any dwelling unit shall be sixty (60) amperes. Existing dwelling units with electrical services less than sixty (60) amps per dwelling unit which have no special electrical service loads, such as air conditioners, ranges, heating units and clothes dryers may continue to be operated without upgrading the service.
b. Branch Circuits: Circuits supplying air conditioners, ranges, cooktops, stoves and heating appliances shall meet the requirements of the NEC. Branch circuits shall not be overfused.
c. Receptacles: Every habitable room shall contain at least two (2) electrical receptacles or one electrical light fixture and one electrical receptacle. Grounding type receptacles shall only be used when connected to a grounding system. Existing nongrounding type receptacles may be replaced with grounding type receptacles where protected by a ground fault circuit interrupter.
4. Upgrading Facilities:
a. Service: When remodeling work is done, the service must be upgraded if required by the NEC.
b. Circuits: When new circuits, outlets, switches, wiring and service panels are being installed, the installation shall meet the requirements of the NEC.
c. Receptacles: Wiring, receptacles and switches may be replaced without upgrading so long as circuits are not overloaded.
5. Lighting:
a. Dwelling Units: Every toilet room, bathroom, laundry room, furnace room, interior stairway and hall shall contain at least one permanently mounted electric light fixture.
b. Apartments, SROs And Congregate Housing:
(1) Lighting in the common areas shall be as follows: aisles, passageways, stairwells, corridors, exitways and recesses related to and within the building complex shall be illuminated with a minimum of a forty (40) watt light bulb or equivalent for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area; provided, that the spacing between lights shall not be greater than thirty feet (30'). Structures containing three (3) dwelling units or less shall not be required to provide exit lighting when no lighting outlet has been previously provided.
(2) Every furnace room shall contain at least one electric lighting fixture.
(3) Open parking lots and carports shall be provided with a minimum of one foot-candle of light on the parking surface during the hours of darkness. Lighting devices shall be protected by weather resistant covers and shall not cast glare on neighboring properties.
6. General:
a. All electrical panels, boxes, outlets and lighting fixtures shall have proper covers.
b. Flexible cords, as defined in the NEC, shall be used only according to their listing and shall not be installed as permanent wiring or strung across exitways.
K. Energy Conservation Requirements:
1. Upgrading: Existing residential units shall be upgraded whenever any of the following events occur:
a. Whenever wallboard, plaster or other finish material is removed which exposes wall cavities of foundations, exterior walls, floors or ceilings; these spaces shall be insulated to the degree it is practical. Where attic and crawl space areas are insulated, the space shall be ventilated as per the currently adopted IBC.
b. Where insulation increases the accumulation of snow, and the snow load capacity of the roof structure is exceeded, the roof members shall be upgraded to withstand the additional loads.
c. When access is available to foundations of existing structures, foundations shall be insulated to the standard required by the applicable Utah energy code when remodeling of the structure is initiated.
d. When boarded structures are renovated for reoccupancy, the structure shall be insulated to the following standards when wall, ceiling, roof or floor cavities are open or accessible: wall, R-11; ceilings and roofs, R-32; floors, R-7. Thermal resistance "R" shall have the meaning as defined in the Utah energy code.
e. When new habitable space is created within an existing building envelope, all such spaces shall be insulated to the current Utah energy code standards.
f. All replacement windows shall be double pane. Replacement glass for structures which are on the historic register or are contributory structures located within a city historic district may be determined based upon standards adopted by the Holladay historical commission. Replacement metal windows shall have a thermal break. Single pane replacement glass may be installed on windows not designed to accept double pane glass.
g. All exterior door replacements shall be weather stripped.
h. New mechanical equipment installed shall meet a minimum of eighty percent (80%) efficiency.
i. Except for the other applicable requirements of this chapter, when a new addition is made to an existing residential structure, only the addition shall be made to comply with current Utah energy code standards.
2. Exterior Door And Window Seals:
a. Exterior doors and windows shall be weathertight. If broken, all panes shall be replaced with glazing in compliance with the IBC.
b. All doors and windows shall be properly caulked and weatherproofed. (Ord. 06-10, 6-15-2006)