Chapter 156 – Housing Code

(2) A bath. (3) A lavatory basin within or adjacent to the room containing the toilet. B. Every toilet and every bath shall be contained within a room or within separate rooms which afford privacy for a person within said rooms. 4. Water-Heating Facilities. Every kitchen sink, bath, and lavatory basin required in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Code shall be properly connected with supplied water-heating facilities. Every supplied water-heating facility shall be properly connected and shall be capable of heating water to such a temperature as to permit an adequate amount of water to be drawn at every kitchen sink and lavatory basin required under the provisions of the Housing Code at a temperature of not less than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Such supplied water-heating facilities shall be capable of meeting the requirements of this section when the required space heating facilities are not in operation. 5. Connection of Sanitary Facilities to Water and Sanitary Sewer Systems. Every kitchen sink, toilet, lavatory basin, bath, and clothes washer shall be properly connected to an approved water and sanitary sewer system. 6. Exits. A. Every structure containing a dwelling unit or dwelling units or structure containing a rooming unit or rooming units or a combination thereof shall comply with the following exit requirements: (1) Every structure or usable portion thereof shall have at least one exit. (2) Single-family and duplex structures over 3,000 square feet in gross floor area shall have access to two exits. (3) Multiple dwellings and rooming houses with an occupant load of ten or more shall have access to two exits. (4) Where only one exit is required, it shall be a continuous and unobstructed means of egress which discharges directly or via corridors or stairways to a public way. (5) Where at least two exits are required, they shall be independent, unobstructed means of egress remote from each other, and both shall discharge directly or via corridors or stairways or both to a public way or yard. If both means of egress are designated to a common corridor, they shall be in opposite directions immediately upon exiting the dwelling unit or rooming unit, except a common path of travel may be permitted for the first 20 feet. Dead-end corridors shall not exceed 20 feet in length. However, any existing fire escape shall not be deemed a sufficient means of egress unless it is in compliance with the Fire Codes of the State and the City. (6) Basements and floors above the second story shall have not less than two exits, except when such floors or basements are used exclusively for the service of the building. Dwelling units and/or rooming units in a basement may have access to only one common exit when the occupant load served by that exit does not exceed ten. Escape and rescue windows must be supplied for each sleeping room. Such windows shall comply with the Uniform Building Code specification S2. Existing third floor and attic areas less than 500 square feet may be used as habitable rooms if the following conditions are met: (i) one exit fully meets Uniform Building Code requirements to the outside of the building; (ii) the other