City Code Section
(Amended by Ordinances 179842, 180330 and 189711, effective September 25, 2019.)
- A. All heating and ventilation equipment, including that used for cooking, water heating, dwelling heat, and clothes drying shall be:
- 1. Properly installed, connected, and maintained in safe condition and good working order;
- 2. Free from leaks and obstructions and kept functioning properly so as to be free from fire, health, and accident hazards; and
- 3. Capable of performing the function for which they are designed.
- B. Every dwelling shall have a heating facility capable of maintaining a room temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit at a point 3 feet from the floor in all habitable rooms.
- 1. Portable heating devices may not be used to meet the dwelling heat requirements of this Title.
- 2. No inverted or open flame fuel-burning heater shall be permitted. All heating devices or appliances shall be of an approved type.
- C. All mechanical repairs and installations shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Title 27 (Heating and Ventilating Requirements.)