No basement shall be used as a habitable room or dwelling unit or rooming unit unless it meets all standards thereof as set forth in this Housing Code, and meets the following requirements:
(a) The floor and walls shall be impervious to leakage or seepage of underground water and surface water and shall be well drained and protected against dampness;
(b) The total window area in each room shall be equal to at least ten percent of the floor area of the room, excepting that the ten percent requirement may be reduced to five percent if adequate artificial illumination is provided;
(c) The total openable window area of each habitable room shall be at least five percent of the floor area of the room when natural ventilation is used exclusively;
(d) Each room so used shall be separated from the heating equipment, incinerator or other equally hazardous equipment by a standard partition of one hour fire resistance;
(e) Access can be gained to each room so used without passage through a furnace room. (Ord. 1972-4. Passed 1-10-72.)