No owner, operator or agent shall occupy, maintain or lease or offer for rental or lease any dwelling or dwelling unit 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 every habitable room, shall be ten percent (10%) of the floor area of such room. Whenever walls or other portions of structures face a window of any such room and such light-obstructing structures are located less than three feet from the window and extended to a level above that of the ceiling of the room, such window shall not be deemed to face directly to the outdoors and 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 such room, the total area of such skylight shall equal at least fifteen percent (15%) of the total 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 window area required to be open in every habitable room shall be equal to at least forty-five percent (45%) of the minimum window size as required in subsection (a) hereof, except where there is supplied some other device affording adequate ventilation and approved by the Building Commissioner.
(c) Every bathroom and water closet compartment shall comply with the light and ventilation requirements for habitable rooms contained in subsections (a) and (b) hereof, except that no window or skylight shall be required in adequately ventilated bathrooms and water closet compartments equipped with a ventilating system which is kept in continuous operation and is approved by the Building Commissioner.
(Ord. 68-97. Passed 4-20-1998.)