A.
Scope. The provisions of this article shall govern
the minimum mechanical and electrical facilities and equipment to
be provided. All mechanical and electrical facilities and equipment
shall comply with the requirements herein prescribed insofar as they
are applicable.
B.
Responsibility. The owner of the structure shall provide
and maintain such mechanical and electrical facilities and equipment
in compliance with these requirements. A person shall not let to another
for occupancy or use any premises which does not comply with the following
requirements of this article.
A.
Residential buildings. Every owner of any structure
who rents, leases or lets one or more dwelling units or guest rooms
on terms, either express or implied, to furnish heat to the occupants
thereof shall supply sufficient heat during the period from September
15 to April 15 to maintain a room temperature of not less than 65°
F. (18° C.) in all habitable spaces, bathrooms and toilet rooms
during the hours between 6:30 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. of each day and
to maintain a temperature of not less than 60° F. (16° C.)
during other hours. The temperature shall be measured at a point three
feet (914 millimeters) above the floor and three feet (914 millimeters)
from exterior walls.
B.
Other structures. Every owner of any structure who
rents, leases or lets the structure or any part thereof on terms,
either express or implied, to furnish heat to the occupant thereof
and every occupant of any structure or part thereof who rents or leases
said structure or part thereof on terms, either express or implied,
to supply its own heat shall supply sufficient heat during the period
from September 15 to April 15 to maintain a temperature of not less
than 65° F. (18° C.) during all working hours in all enclosed
spaces or rooms where persons are employed and working. The temperature
shall be measured at a point three feet (914 millimeters) above the
floor and three feet (914 millimeters) from the exterior walls. Exceptions
are as follows:
C.
Cooking and heating equipment. All cooking and heating
equipment, components and accessories in every heating, cooking and
water-heating device shall be maintained free from leaks and obstructions
and kept functioning properly so as to be free from fire, health and
accident hazards of the building code or other laws or ordinances
applicable thereto. Portable cooking equipment employing flame is
prohibited, except for approved residential-type food trays or salvers
which are heated by a candle or alcohol lamp.
D.
Installation. All mechanical equipment shall be properly
installed and safely maintained in good working condition and shall
be capable of performing the function for which it was designed and
intended.
E.
Flue. All fuel-burning equipment shall be connected
to an approved chimney, flue or vent.
F.
Clearances. All required clearances to combustible
materials shall be maintained.
G.
Safety controls. All safety controls for fuel-burning
equipment shall be maintained in effective operation.
H.
Combustion air. A supply of air for complete combustion
of the fuel and for ventilation of the space shall be provided for
the fuel-burning equipment.
I.
Unauthorized devices. Devices purporting to reduce
gas consumption by attachment to a gas appliance, to the gas supply
line thereto or to the vent outlet or vent piping therefrom shall
not be used unless labeled for such use and the installation is specifically
approved.
J.
Fireplaces. Fireplaces and other construction and
devices intended for use similar to a fireplace shall be stable and
structurally safe and connected to approved chimneys.
K.
Climate control. When facilities for interior climate
control (heating, cooking and/or humidity) are integral functions
of structures used as dwelling units or other occupancies, such facilities
shall be maintained and operated in a continuous manner in accordance
with the designed capacity.
A.
Facilities required. Every building or part thereof
used for human occupancy shall be adequately and safely provided with
an electrical system in compliance with the requirements of this section.
The provisions of this code shall be considered absolute minimum requirements.
The size of the unit and the usage of appliances and equipment shall
be used as a basis for determining the need for additional facilities
in accordance with the electrical code adopted by the Village.
B.
Receptacles. Every habitable space in a dwelling unit
and every guest room shall contain at least two separate and remote
receptacle outlets. Every laundry area and bathroom shall contain
at least one grounded-type receptacle. Every bathroom shall contain
at last one receptacle.
C.
Lighting fixtures. Every public hall, interior stairway,
water closet compartment, bathroom, laundry room and furnace room
shall contain at least one electric lighting fixture.
D.
Installation. All electrical equipment, wiring and
appliances shall be installed and maintained in a safe manner in accordance
with all applicable laws. All electrical equipment shall be of an
approved type.
E.
Defective system. Where it is found, in the opinion
of the Code Official, that the electrical system in a structure constitutes
a hazard to the occupants or the structure by reason of inadequate
service, improper fusing, insufficient outlets, improper wiring or
installation, deterioration or damage or for similar reasons, the
Code Official shall require the defects to be corrected to eliminate
the hazard.
A.
General. Elevators, dumbwaiters and escalators shall
be maintained to safely sustain the loads to which they are subject,
to operate properly and to be free of physical and fire hazards.
B.
Elevators. In all buildings equipped with passenger
elevators, at least one elevator shall be maintained in operation
at all times when the building is occupied.
C.
Exception. Buildings equipped with only one elevator
may have the elevator temporarily out of service for testing and servicing.
