(A) In every nursing home, sheltered care home or home for the aged, each room occupied or to be occupied by a resident shall be of such dimensions as will give the resident not less than 400 cubic feet of air space. Every room shall have at least one window connecting with the external air for each four beds. The window shall be of such dimensions as will secure to each resident at least 1,500 cubic feet of fresh air per hour by ventilation. If the window does not secure 1,500 cubic feet of fresh air per hour by natural ventilation, then each room shall be fitted with such appliances for ventilation as will secure to each resident in the room at least 1,500 cubic feet of fresh air per hour. Each bed shall have at least 40 square feet of floor space. In every room or dormitory containing more than one bed, the beds shall be arranged so as to leave a passageway of not less than two feet horizontally on all sides of the beds.
(B) Each ward or wing of the home shall have running water furnished in one or more places, either in the ward or wing or convenient thereto so that the same is adequate and convenient to the occupants thereof. The plumbing, water closets, bathrooms and sanitary appliances and equipment shall be constructed in accordance with ordinances relating thereto. The floor of the cellar or basement in the building used as a home shall be properly cemented so as to be watertight.
(C) The halls of each floor shall be open to the external air with suitable windows and shall have no room or other obstruction at the end thereof, unless sufficient light and ventilation is otherwise provided for the halls. The building as a whole shall be provided with adequate and proper fire escapes, stairways or inclines for exits.
(D) All homes, including the culinary department, dining room, laundry, laboratory, morgue and post-mortem rooms connected with the same, shall be equipped from May 15 to November 15 with doors, screens and other appliances necessary for the exclusion of flies.
(E) If a single or multiple dwelling is used for a home, and the dwelling has sleeping accommodations above the first story, it shall be provided with at least two stairways, each of which shall be not less than three feet wide. Each such stairway shall be enclosed with walls, partitions, floors and ceilings of noncombustible construction or of construction consisting of wood studs or wood joists and a noncombustible surface material providing fire resistance of not less than one hour, the door openings of which shall be protected by self-closing Class B fire-resistive doors. A separate door exit shall be provided for each such stairway and for each exit from the basement to the outside of the building.
(F) Where sleeping accommodations are provided in the third story of a building, they may not exceed six in number and may be used only for the manager’s family and staff, if none of them is a patient. No person in any home shall occupy any part of a basement as a habitable room.
(2000 Code, § 5.40.130) Penalty, see § 115.99