No person shall be kept, cared for, or maintained as a patient or aged boarder in any sleeping room which is occupied by one person, in any home for the aged or any mental institution, which provides less than eighty square feet of superficial floor area for each such person. Where a ward or semiprivate room is occupied by more than one person, there shall be provided not less than sixty square feet of superficial floor area for each such person. Beds shall be maintained at least three feet apart. Sleeping rooms or wards shall have a ceiling of not less than eight feet, and shall be well-lighted and ventilated to the outside air. Windows shall be one-half openable. The window area in any mental institution or home for the aged shall be not less than one-eighth of the superficial floor area.
(Prior code § 6.08.370 (Ord. 349 § 23, 1951))