All spaces or rooms shall be provided sufficient light so as not to endanger health and safety.
(A) Habitable spaces. Every habitable space shall have at least one window of approved size facing directly to the outdoors or to a court. The minimum total window area, measured between stops, for every habitable space shall be 8% of the floor area of such room except in kitchens when artificial light is provided in accordance with the provisions of the building code. In one-family dwellings units, rooms and spaces without openings to the outdoors may be ventilated through an adjoining room. In one-family dwelling units, the unobstructed opening to the adjoining room shall be at least 14 square feet.
(B) Common halls and stairways. Every common hall and stairway in every building, other than one- and two-family dwellings, shall be adequately lighted at all times with an illumination of at least a 60 watt standard incandescent light bulb or equivalent.
(1999 Code, § 29-8-2)