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An acceptable means of natural ventilation shall exist or <br /> be provided for all habitable spaces, except that for <br /> kitchens a mechanical ventilation system may be <br /> substituted. A ventilation area of 4 percent of the <br /> floor area of the space shall be provided. <br /> <br /> 3. Artificial light shall be provided and so distributed as <br /> to assure healthful and sanitary conditions in all rooms <br /> or spaces. <br /> <br />4. An interior room not having its own source of natural <br /> light and ventilation is acceptable only where the room <br /> is adjacent to an outside room which has adequate natural <br /> light and ventilation, calculated on the basis of the <br /> combined floor area of the two rooms, where the <br /> separating wall between the two rooms has a clear <br /> horizontal opening approximately 6 feet wide. The <br /> interior room shall not be a bedroom. <br /> <br /> 5. A minimum of five foot candles of daylight and artificial <br /> illumination shall be required at all times in all public <br /> halls and stairways, and at all exterior entranceways. <br /> Adequate ventilation shall be provided for all public <br /> halls or stairways according to the requirements of the <br /> Building Code. <br /> <br />Liqht and Ventilation - Non-Residential Uses. <br /> <br />1. Natural or artificial means of ventilation shall be <br /> provided to insure a comfortable and healthful atmosphere <br /> throughout the establishment. In all cases where any <br /> process permits injurious, toxic, irritating or noxious <br /> fumes, gases, dusts, or mists; local exhaust ventilation <br /> shall be provided to remove agents at its source of <br /> evolution. <br /> <br />2. Any pipes, ducts, conductors, fans or blowers discharging <br /> gases, hot air, smoke, odors, or other gaseous or <br /> particulate wastes which constitute a hazard or nuisance <br /> shall be removed. <br /> <br />Mechanical and Electrical Systems - Residential Uses. <br /> <br />1. Plumbing fixtures and waterpipes shall be properly <br /> installed and in good sanitary condition meeting the <br /> requirements of the Building Code. <br /> <br /> 2. Every family unit shall have heating facilities.which are <br /> able to and which shall maintain heat for all habitable <br /> rooms, bathrooms and water closet compartments within its <br /> walls to a temperature of at least seventy degrees <br /> Fahrenheit even when the outside temperature is ten <br /> degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Gas appliances designed <br /> for cooking or water heating purposes shall not be <br /> considered as heating facilities within the meaning of <br /> the section. Portable heating equipment employing flame <br /> and the use of liquid fuels does not meet the <br /> requirements of this section and is prohibited. No <br /> heating unit shall be placed under any stair serving <br /> another dwelling unit. <br /> <br />3. An adequate supply of hot water shall be furnished at a <br /> temperature of not less than one hundred and twenty <br /> degrees Fahrenheit at all hot water taps. No water <br /> heater shall be installed in any room used or designed to <br /> be used for sleeping purposes. No gas or oil fired water <br /> heater shall be located in a bathroom, clothes closet, <br /> under any stairway, or in a confined space with access <br /> only to the above locations. <br /> <br /> 4. All habitable rooms and other appropriate spaces in each <br /> dwelling shall be provided with electrical service by~ <br /> ~S-10 <br /> <br /> <br />