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17-404.5 Correctional institutional occupancies: It is not intended that this code regulate the space requirements of correctional institutions. 17-404.6 Minimum room widths: Habitable spaces shall have a clear room width at the narrowest point exclusive of projections affecting less than 10 percent of the floor area and exclusive of floor areas of alcoves and entry ways not included in meeting the floor area requirements listed in Table 17-404.2, which is not less than the following: Living Rooms: Dining Rooms: Other habitable rooms: 10'-0" (3048 nun) 7'-8" (2338 mm) 7'-0" (2134 mm) Exception: Kitchens require a clear paasageway of not less than 3 feet (914 mm) between counters, appliances and/or walls. ARTICLE 5 PLUMBING FACILITIES AND FIXTURE REQUIREMENTS SECTION 17-500.0 GENERAL 17-500.1 Scope: The provisions of this article shall govern the minimum plumbing facilities and fixtures to be provided. All plumbing facilities and fixtures shall comply with the requirements herein prescribed insofar as they are applicable. 17-500.2 Responsibility: The owner of the structure shall provide and main- tain such plumbing facilities and fixtures in compliance with these requirements. A person shall not occupy as owner-occupant or let to another for occupancy or use any structure or portion thereof or premises which does not comply with the following requirements of this article. SECTION 17-501.0 REQUIRED FACILITIES 17-501.1 Dwelling units: Every dwelling unit shall include its own plumbing facilities which are in proper operating condition, can be used in privacy~ and are adequate for personal cleanliness and the disposal of human waste. The following minimum plumbing facilities set forth in Sections 17-501.1.1 through 17-501.1.3 shall be supplied and maintained in a sanitary and safe working condition. 17-501.1.1 Water closet and lavatory: Every dwelling unit shall contain within its walls a room, separate from habitable rooms, which affords privacy and contains a water closet supplied with cold running water. A lavatory shall be placed in the same room as the water closet, or located in another room in close proximity to the door leading directly into the room in which said water closet is located. The lavatory shall be supplied with hot and cold running water. Every dwelling unit with more than seven occupants shall contain additional plumbing fixtures at the rate of one additional water closet and one addi- tional lavatory for each additional four occupants or fraction thereof. 17-501.1.2 Bathtub or shower: Every dwelling unit shall contain a room which affords privacy to a person in said room and which is equipped with a bathtub or shower supplied with hot and cold running water. 17-501.1.3 Kitchen sink: Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink apart from the lavatory required under Section 17-501.1.1 and such sink shall be supplied with hot and cold running water. 17-501.2 Rooming houses: At least one water closet, lavatory basin and bath- tub or shower properly connected to an approved water and sewer system and in good working condition shall be supplied for each four rooms within a rooming house, wherever said facilities are shared. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot and cold water at all times. 22