§ 150.09. Light, ventilation, electricity, and heating.

A.

Window Areas. Every habitable room shall have at least one window or ventilating skylight facing directly to the outdoors. The minimum total window area, measured between stops, for every habitable room shall be eight percent of the floor area of the room. The minimum operable area to the outdoors shall be four percent of the floor area of the room.

B.

Ventilation. Every habitable room shall have at least one window or skylight kept in good working condition which can easily be opened.

C.

Bathroom Ventilation. Every bathroom and water closet compartment shall be equipped with a window which can easily be opened or a ventilation system kept in good working condition.

D.

Electric Requirements. Multiple converter plugs permitting two or more appliances to be plugged into the same outlet shall not be used. All wiring systems, outlets and fixtures shall be maintained in good working condition.

E.

Heating Facilities.

1.

Every dwelling unit shall be provided with heating facilities capable of maintaining an average temperature of sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit in all habitable rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, and water closet compartments when the outdoor temperature is below sixty degrees Fahrenheit.

2.

The owner or operator in charge of a dwelling, who rents or leases any dwelling unit therein under an agreement, express or implied, to supply or furnish heat to the occupants thereof, shall supply heat adequate to maintain an inside temperature of not less than sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit for each hour of the entire twenty-four-hour period of each day in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, water closet compartments, and kitchens, whenever the outside temperature falls below sixty degrees Fahrenheit. The inside temperature shall be measured at a point three feet above the floor and two feet from exterior walls in all habitable rooms

a.

The owner of a hotel or apartment building shall furnish heat sufficient to maintain the following minimum temperatures: between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit; between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit.

b.

The requirements of this section do not apply to any lobby, corridor, stairway, or other similar area, nor to any room or suite of rooms not occupied by guests or tenants for pay, nor to any room or suite of rooms provided with a separate heating plant under the care and control of the tenant or occupant thereof.

F.

Lighting of Halls and Stairways. All common halls and stairways in all multiple dwellings units shall be adequately lighted at all times.

G.

Screening. During that portion of each year when protection is necessary against mosquitoes, flies, or other insects, all doorways opening directly from a dwelling unit to outdoor space shall be supplied with screens and self-closing devices, and all windows or other devices with openings to outdoor space, used, intended to be used or designed to be used for ventilation, shall also be supplied with screens.

H.

Rodent Protection. Every basement or cellar window, used, intended to be used or designed to be used for ventilation, and every other opening which might provide an entry for rodents, shall be supplied with a screen or such other device as will effectively prevent entry by rodents into the building. Penalty, see § 150.99.

(Ord. 708-1997; Ord. 769-1996; Ord. 205-1988; Ord. 113-1972)

(Ord. 291-2013)