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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.)
Every dwelling unit and business establishment shall have heating facilities which are properly installed, maintained in a safe and good working condition and capable of safely and adequately heating all occupiable and habitable rooms, to a temperature of not less than seventy degrees (700) Fahrenheit, at a distance of three feet above floor level, throughout the year without forcing the facilities to operate in excess of their designed capacity.
(Ord. 68-97. Passed 4-20-1998.)
(a) Whenever the exterior temperature falls below fifty degrees (50o) Fahrenheit it shall be the duty of every person who has contracted or undertaken, or shall otherwise be bound to heat or to furnish heat for any building or portion thereof, occupied as a home or a place of residence of one or more persons, or as a business establishment where one or more persons are employed, to heat, or to furnish heat for every occupied room in such building, or portion thereof, so that a minimum temperature of seventy degrees (70o) Fahrenheit is maintained therein at all such times when so occupied between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 12:00 midnight and so that a minimum temperature of sixty-five degrees (65o) Fahrenheit is maintained therein at all times when occupied between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a.m.
Exceptions:
(1) Processing, storage and operation areas that require cooling or special temperature conditions.
(2) Areas in which persons are primarily engaged in vigorous physical activity.
(b) Whenever a building is heated by means of a furnace, boiler or other apparatus under the control of the owner, agent or lessee of such building, such owner, agent or lessee, in the absence of a written or verbal contract or agreement to the contrary, shall be deemed to have contracted, undertaken or bound himself or herself to furnish heat in accordance with the provisions of this section. However, nothing herein contained shall apply to buildings or portions thereof used and occupied by trades, businesses or occupations where high or low temperatures are essential or unavoidable.
(Ord. 68-97. Passed 4-20-1998.)
Every appliance or piece of equipment burning solid, liquid or gaseous fuel, where permitted, shall be connected to an approved smoke pipe and flue. However, any appliance approved for use without such connections is exempted from the requirements of this section.
(Ord. 68-97. Passed 4-20-1998.)
No heating equipment, including water heaters, which burns solid, liquid or gaseous fuel shall be located in any bedroom, bathroom, toilet room or any room used for sleeping purposes unless specifically approved for such use.
(Ord. 68-97. Passed 4-20-1998.)
Every habitable room of a dwelling shall contain at least two separate electric convenience outlets, or one such convenience outlet and one supplied electric light fixture. Every water closet compartment, bathroom, laundry room, furnace rom and public hall shall contain at least one supplied ceiling or wall-type electric light fixture and one electrical convenience outlet. Every dwelling and occupiable structure provided with electrical service, outlets and fixtures shall be installed and maintained so as to be free of any potential source of ignition of combustible material or any potential source of electrical hazard. Such facilities shall be approved as being adequate to supply the requirements of lighting, appliances and equipment of the dwelling or occupiable structure. (Ord. 68-97. Passed 4-20-1998.)
(a) Every public hall and interior and exterior stairway in every multiple dwelling containing five or more dwelling units per floor shall be adequately lighted at all times, naturally or artificially, to provide the illumination of not less than one foot-candle on every part thereof.
(b) Every public hall and interior and exterior stairway, in structures containing not more than four dwelling units per floor and in occupiable structures may be supplied with conveniently located light switches controlling an adequate light system which may be turned on when needed, instead of full-time lighting. (Ord. 68-97. Passed 4-20-1998.)
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