1319.11 MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL REQUIREMENTS.

   (a)    Heating Facilities.

       (1)    Heating facilities shall be provided in structures as required by this section.

       (2)    Every enclosed occupied work space shall be supplied with sufficient heat during the period from October 1 to April 1 to maintain a temperature of not less than sixty-five degrees F. (eighteen degrees C.) during all working hours.

Exception: Processing, storage and operating areas that require cooling or special temperature conditions.

Exception: Areas in which persons are primarily engaged in vigorous physical activities.

       (3)    The required room temperatures shall be measured at a point three feet (914 mm) above the floor and three feet (914 mm) from the exterior walls.

   (b)    Mechanical Equipment.

       (1)    All mechanical equipment, fireplaces and solid fuelburning appliances shall be properly installed and maintained in a safe working condition, and shall be capable of performing the intended function.

       (2)    All cooking and heating equipment, components and accessories in every heating, cooking and waterheating device shall be maintained free from leaks and obstructions.

       (3)    All fuel-burning equipment and appliances shall be connected to an approved chimney or vent, except where such fuel-burning equipment and appliances are labeled for unvented operation, and tested by a testing laboratory approved by the Commissioner of Building.

       (4)    All required clearances to combustible materials shall be maintained.

       (5)    All safety controls for fuel-burning equipment shall be maintained in effective operation.

       (6)     A supply of air for complete combustion of the fuel and for ventilation of the space shall be provided for the fuel-burning equipment.

(7)    Devices purporting to reduce fuel consumption by attachment to a fuel- burning appliance, to the fuel supply line thereto, or to the vent outlet or vent piping therefrom, shall not be installed unless labeled for such purpose and the installation is specifically approved.

   (c)    Electrical Facilities and Equipment.

       (1)    Every occupied building shall be provided with an electrical system in compliance with the requirements of this section.

       (2)    The size and usage of appliances and equipment shall serve as a basis for determining the need for additional or upgraded electrical services and/or equipment, in accordance with the City Building Code.

       (3)    All electrical equipment, wiring and appliances shall be properly installed and maintained in a safe and approved manner.

       (4)    Every public hall, interior stairway, water closet compartment, bathroom, laundry room and furnace room shall contain at least one electric lighting fixture.

   (d)    Elevators, Escalators and Dumbwaiters.

       (1)    Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators shall be maintained to sustain safely all imposed loads, to operate properly, and to be free from physical and fire hazards.

       (2)    In buildings equipped with passenger elevators, at least one elevator shall be maintained in operation at all times when the building is occupied. Buildings equipped with only one elevator shall be permitted to have the elevator temporarily out of service for testing or servicing.

         (Ord. 99-42. Enacted 4-26-99; Ord. 13-114. Enacted 12-16-13.)