[Amended 5-28-1979 by L.L. No. 5-1979]
All premises shall be provided with heating
equipment capable of maintaining an indoor temperature in habitable
spaces, kitchenettes, bathrooms and toilet rooms at 70° F. at
a distance of three feet or more from exterior walls and at a level
of five feet above the floor in all habitable spaces, kitchenettes,
bathrooms and toilet rooms, when the outside temperature falls below
55° F. Such heat shall be maintained at all times when said outside
temperature falls below 55° F. Hot water shall be furnished at
a temperature range of 130° to 140° F. from 6:00 a.m. to midnight.
In every building containing more than one dwelling unit, there shall
be provided and maintained at all times a separate thermostatic control
regulating the supply of heat to each and every dwelling unit in said
premises.
Fuel-burning water heaters shall not be located
in sleeping rooms, bathrooms or toilet rooms.
Fuel-burning equipment shall be permanently
fastened and connected in place. Fuel supply connections to such equipment
shall be made with pipe or tubing of solid metal.
Where heat-producing equipment is installed
on or adjacent to combustible materials, the location, insulation,
clearance and control of the equipment shall be such that the temperature
on the surface of the combustible materials will not exceed a safe
temperature.
Direct-fired heat-producing equipment and the
enclosure in which it is located shall be provided with a supply of
air adequate both for complete combustion at the rated gross output
of the equipment and for the ventilation of the enclosure to prevent
the accumulation of heat. Rooms containing fuel-burning equipment
shall have such air supply provided by means of one or more openings
to the exterior, or by means of fixed openings to interior spaces
which open to the exterior.
Portable and/or liquid fuel-burning space heaters
are prohibited in all premises.
Fuel-burning equipment for garages servicing
multiple dwellings shall be located in heater rooms, and equipment
burning gas or liquid fuel shall not be located in the vehicle storage
space.
[Added 5-28-1979 by L.L. No. 6-1979]
At all times, all rental and dwelling units
to which this chapter applies shall be equipped with storm windows
or thermal-pane-type windows on each and every window and storm doors
on each and every door of said premises. Said storm doors and windows
or thermal-pane-type windows shall at all times be installed, manufactured
and maintained according to generally accepted standards.