No person shall occupy, as owner/occupant, or let to another to occupy, any rental building or rental dwelling unit, for the purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the following requirements:
A. Habitable Room Light And Ventilation: Except where there is supplied some other device affording adequate ventilation and approved by the compliance official, every habitable room shall have at least one window facing directly outdoors which can be opened easily. The minimum total of openable window area in every habitable room shall be the greater of ten percent (10%) of the floor area of the room or ten (10) square feet. One-half (1/2) of the required window area shall be openable.
B. Uninhabitable Room Ventilation: Every bathroom and water closet compartment, and every laundry and utility room shall contain at least fifty percent (50%) of the ventilation requirement for habitable rooms contained in subsection A of this section; except, that no windows shall be required if such rooms are equipped with a ventilation system which is approved by the compliance official.
C. Electric Service, Outlets And Fixtures: Every rental dwelling unit and all public and common areas shall be supplied with electric service, functioning over current protection devices, electric outlets, and electric fixtures which are properly installed, which shall be maintained in good and safe working condition, and which shall be connected to a source of electric power in a manner prescribed by the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the City and by the laws of the State. The minimum capacity of such electric service and the minimum number of electric outlets and fixtures shall be as follows:
1. Rental dwellings containing one or two (2) rental dwelling units shall have at least the equivalent of sixty (60) ampere, 3-wire electric service per dwelling unit.
2. Rental dwelling units shall have at least one branch electric circuit for each six hundred (600) square feet of dwelling unit floor area.
3. Every habitable room shall have at least one floor or wall type electric convenience outlet for each sixty (60) square feet or fraction thereof of total floor area and, in no case, less than two (2) such electric outlets; provided, however, that one ceiling or wall type fixture may be supplied in lieu of one required electric outlet.
4. Every bathroom, kitchen, laundry room, and furnace room shall contain at least one supplied ceiling or wall type electric light fixture, and every bathroom, kitchen, and laundry room shall contain at least one electric convenience outlet.
5. Every public corridor and stairway in every rental dwelling shall be adequately lighted by natural or electric light at all times so as to provide effective illumination in all parts thereof. Every public corridor and stairway in structures containing not more than two (2) dwelling units may be supplied with conveniently located light switches controlling an adequate lighting system which may be turned on when needed, instead of full time lighting.
6. A convenient switch or equivalent device for turning on a light in each rental dwelling unit shall be located near the point of entrance to such unit.
D. Smoke And Carbon Dioxide Protection:
1. Every rental dwelling unit shall have smoke detector devices as follows:
a. One per level.
b. One per bedroom.
c. One per hallway leading to bedrooms.
2. Every level of every rental dwelling unit shall have a carbon monoxide detection device located within ten feet (10') of any bedroom. (Prior Code § 7-11-10)