14 - INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE

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"602.2 Residential occupancies. Dwellings shall be provided with heating facilities capable of maintaining a room temperature of 62.5° F (17° C) in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms. Cooking appliances shall not be used, nor shall portable unvented fuel - burning space heaters be used, as a means to provide required heating. "Section 602.3, Heat supply, is amended to read as follows: "602.3 Heat supply. Every owner and operator of any building who rents, leases or lets one or more dwelling units or sleeping units on terms, either expressed or implied, to furnish heat to the occupants thereof shall supply heat to maintain a temperature of not less than 62.5° F (17° C) in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and toilet rooms. "Section 602.4, Occupiable work spaces, is amended to read as follows: "602.4 Occupiable work spaces. Indoor occupiable work spaces shall be supplied with heat to maintain a temperature of not less than 62.5° F (17° C) during the period the spaces are occupied. "Section 604.2, Service, is amended to read as follows: "604.2 Service. The size and usage of appliances and equipment shall serve as a basis for determining the need for additional facilities in accordance with the National Electrical Code. Dwelling units shall be served by a three - wire, 120/240 volt, single -phase electrical service having a rating of not less than 60 amperes. "Section 704.2, Smoke alarms, is amended to read as follows: "704.2 Smoke alarms. Single- or multi- station smoke alarms shall be installed and maintained in Group R or I -1 occupancies, regardless of occupant load at all of the following locations: "1. On the ceiling or wall outside of each separate sleeping are in the immediate vicinity of bedrooms. "2. In each room used for sleeping purposes. "3. In each story within a dwelling unit, including basements and cellars, but not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels and without an intervening door between the adjacent levels, a smoke alarm installed on the upper floor shall suffice for the adjacent lower level provided that the lower level is less than one full story below the upper level.