5.3. SR 07-22-1996 - Laserfiche WebLink

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1007.10 - ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT Ail 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. Where there is electrical power available within 300 feet of any building, such building shall be connected to such electrical power. Every habitable room shall contain at least two electrical convenience outlets or one convenience outlet and one electric light fixture. Every water closet compartment, bathroom, laundry room, furnace room, and public hallway shall contain at least one electric light fixture. Aid from the Minnesota State Electrical Board will be solicited as needed to determine whether or not electrical equipment and/or wire is safe. All fees for said aid shall be paid by the premise owner. 1007.12 - DISCONTINUANCE OF SERVICE OR FACILITIES No owner, operator, or occupant shall cause any service, facility equipment, or utility which is required under this Ordinance to be removed from or shut off from or discontinued for any occupied dwelling or dwelling unit except for temporary interruptions as may be necessary while actual repairs or alterations are made or during temporary emergencies. 1007.14 - DOORSr WINDOWSr AND LOCKS 1. Responsibility - No person shall occupy as an owner- occupant, or let to another for occupancy, any dwelling or dwelling unit for the purposes of living, sleeping, cooking, or eating, unless all exterior doors and windows of the dwelling or dwelling unit meet the following requirements. 2. Access - When access to a dwelling unit door is gained through a common corridor or entrance in a dwelling in which four (4) or more dwelling units share a common entrance or corridor, an approved system of controlled access shall be maintained for each multiple family building to control access. The security system shall consist of locked building entrance and foyer doors, and locked doors leading from the hallways into individual dwelling units. Dead-latch type door locks shall be provided with releasable lever knobs (or doorknobs) on the inside of building entrance doors, with security strike plate with three (3) inch screws, and with key cylinders on the outside of the building doors. Building entrance door-latches shall be of the type that are permanently locked. An approved lock box with building entry key, boiler room key, laundry and common area keys, all marked individually, must be provided and accessible to the Fire Department for access to the building. The enumerated keys must be present in the lock box at all