§ 8.5-31. Light and ventilation.

(a)

Minimum light requirements. The owner of the structure shall provide and maintain light in compliance with the following:

(1)

Common halls and stairways: Every common hall and stairway in residential occupancies, other than in one-family and two-family dwellings, shall be lighted at all times with a least a sixty (60) watt standard incandescent lightbulb for each two hundred (200) square feet of floor area or equivalent illumination, provided that the spacing between lights shall be greater than twenty (20) feet. In other than residential occupancies, means of egress, including exterior means of egress, [and] stairways shall be illuminated at all times that the building space served by the means of egress is occupied with a minimum of one footcandle at floors, landings and treads.

(2)

Other spaces: All other spaces shall be provided with natural or artificial light sufficient to permit the maintenance of sanitary conditions, and the safe occupancy of the space and utilization of the appliances, equipment and fixtures.

(b)

Minimum ventilation requirements. The owner of the structure shall provide and maintain ventilation in compliance with the following:

(1)

Bathroom and toilet rooms: Every bathroom and toilet room shall comply with the ventilation requirements of the applicable Florida Building Code or building standards. Air exhausted by a mechanical ventilation system from a bathroom or toilet room shall discharge to the outdoors and shall not be recirculated.

(2)

Cooking facilities: Unless approved though the certificate of occupancy, cooking shall not be permitted in any rooming unit or dormitory unit, and a cooking facility or appliance shall not be permitted to be present in the rooming unit or dormitory unit. Except when specifically approved in writing by the building official or Polk County fire marshal. Devices such as coffee pots and microwave ovens shall not be considered cooking appliances.

(3)

Process ventilation: Where injurious, toxic, irritating or noxious fumes, gases, dusts or mists are generated, a local exhaust ventilation system shall be provided to remove the contaminating agent at the source. Air shall be exhausted to the exterior and not be recirculated to any space.

(4)

Clothes dryer exhaust: Clothes dryer exhaust systems shall be independent of all other systems and shall be exhausted in accordance with the manufacturer's instruction.

(Ord. No. 11-007, § 11, 5-10-11)