No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the following requirements.
(A) Every habitable room shall have at least one window or skylight facing directly to the outdoors. The minimum total window area, measured between stops, for very habitable room shall be 7% of the floor area of such room.
(B) Every habitable room shall have at least one window or skylight which can easily be opened, or such other device as will adequately ventilate the room. The total of openable window area in every habitable room shall be equal to at least 45% of the minimum window area size or minimum skylight type window size, as required in division (A) above, except where there is supplied some other device affording adequate ventilation and approved by the Health Officer or Building Commissioner.
(C) Every bathroom and water closet compartment shall comply with the light and ventilation requirements for habitable rooms contained in divisions (A) and (B) above, except that no window or skylight shall be required in adequately ventilated bathrooms and water closet compartments equipped with a ventilation system approved by the Health Officer or Building Commissioner.
(D) Every dwelling shall have heating facilities which are properly installed, are maintained in safe and good working condition, and are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and water closet compartments in every dwelling unit located therein to a temperature of at least 70° F., at a distance of three feet above floor level, under ordinary minimum winter conditions.
(E) Every public hall and stairway in every multiple dwelling shall be adequately lighted in conformity with the Indiana Residential Code or the National Electrical Code, as applicable.
(F) During that portion of each year when the Health Officer deems it necessary for protection against mosquitoes, flies, and other insects, every door opening directly from a dwelling unit to outdoor space shall have supplied screens and a self-closing device; and every window or other device with openings to outdoor space, used or intended to be used for ventilation, shall likewise be supplied with screens; provided that such screens shall not be required during such period in rooms deemed by the Health Officer to be located high enough in the upper stories of buildings, as to be free from such insects, and in rooms located in areas of the city which are deemed by the Health Officer to have so few insects as to render screens unnecessary.
(G) Every basement or cellar window used or intended to be used for ventilation, and every other opening to a basement which might provide an entry for rodents, shall be supplied with a screen or such other device as will effectively prevent their entrance.
('75 Code, § 80.5) (Am. Ord. 20-C-14, passed 7-29-14) Penalty, see § 10.99