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Sterling Codifiers, Inc. Page 13 of 44 Kitchens and rooms with kitchen areas shall have one duplex electric convenience outlet in addition to the number herein required for other habitable rooms. One ceiling l type e�ectric light fixture or one wall type electric light fixture controlled by a remote switch may be supplied in lieu of one required electric convenience outlet in each habitable room. Every public hall, water closet compartment, bathroom, laundry room and furnace room shall contain at least one supplied electric light fixture. All general use cellar or basement areas shall be provided with sufFcient artificial light so as to provide one foot-candle of light at all floor areas. All electric outlets and fi�ures shall be installed, maintained and energized by a source of electric power in a manner complying with the state electrical code applicable now or at the time such outlets or fixtures were or are installed. The electric service and all wiring shall be maintained in good condition and used in a safe manner. All hazardous wiring and all disconnected, exposed wiring shall be removed. Any and all substandard work shall be repaired to present day state electrical code requirements. 4. Heating Facilities: The owner of every building containing habitable rooms shall provide heating facilities and shall be required to see that said heating facilities are properly installed, safely maintained, and in good working condition, and that said facilities are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms located therein to a temperature of at least sixty eight degrees Fahrenheit(68°F), measured at a distance of thirty six inches (36") above floor level, and not closer than thirty six inches (36") from any wall at all times when the outside temperature is at minus twenty degrees Fahrenheit (-20°F). The owner or operator shall fumish heat to the occupants thereof whenever the outside temperature is sixty degrees Fahrenheit (60°F) or below for any continuous twenty four (24) hour period. ' Cooking appliances shall not be used to heat any dwelling unit. 5. Exit Illumination: The means of egress, including the exit discharge, shall be illuminated at all times the building space served by the means of egress is occupied. Exit illumination is not required inside individual dwelling units. The means of egress illumination shall not be less than one foot-candle at the floor level. Every exterior stairway shall be adequately illuminated at floors, landings and treads. 6. Screens: Openable windows in each habitable room shall be supplied with a screen. Such screens shall have a mesh of not less than number fourteen (14). Other such screening may be required by the housing inspector when deemed necessary for insect control or safety of persons. E. Maintenance By Owner: 1. Compliance Required: No person shall occupy any building or other structure or portion thereof, which does not comply with the requirements set forth in this section. 2. Foundations, Roofs, Exterior Walls, And SurFaces: a. All exterior surFaces shall be of a material manufactured or processed specifically for � use in such a weather exposed location, including redwood and other naturally suitable materials, and every exterior wall, chimney, foundation and roof shall be http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/printnow.php 6/7/2017