(A) All windows must be tight fitting and have sashes of proper size and design. Sashes with rotten wood, broken joints, or broken or loose mullions or muntins shall be replaced. All broken and missing windows shall be replaced with glass or plexiglass. All exposed wood shall be repaired and painted.
(B) All windows shall be maintained free of broken glass. Where a window glass larger than four square feet becomes cracked to an extent that the largest single portion of the window free of a crack is less than 80% of the total surface area of the window glass, the window glass shall be replaced by a pane free of cracks.
(C) All openings originally designed as windows shall be maintained as windows, complete with sills, lintels, frame and glass, unless specifically approved by the Fire Chief for enclosure. Where the Fire Chief approves the enclosure of a window, it must be so enclosed by either bricking the opening, blocking the opening with concrete blocks and stuccoing the exterior, or by boarding up the opening. When boarding is used, it shall be of trim fit, sealed to prevent water intrusion and painted or stained to properly conform with the other exterior portions of the building.
(Ord. passed 7-27-2020)