Sec.
[D26-19.01] 27-2037 Duty to provide electric lighting
equipment in all dwellings
The owner shall
equip every dwelling for lighting by electricity. Such owner shall provide and
maintain light fixtures to provide lighting for all public parts in a dwelling,
including the means of egress, for every room, water-closet compartment and
bathroom in every dwelling unit, and for every water-closet without the dwelling
unit. In addition to required light fixtures, the owner shall install and maintain
such receptacle outlets as may be required by the electrical code. Except as
otherwise provided in this code or in the electrical code, the owner may substitute
an additional receptacle outlet for a required light fixture in living rooms
other than kitchens.
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Sec.
[D26-19.03] 27-2038 Electric lighting fixtures
in certain public parts of dwellings; fixtures and lights required
a. In every multiple
dwelling and tenant-occupied two-family dwelling the owner shall provide electric
lighting fixtures for every public hall, stair, fire stair and fire tower on
every floor, in accordance with the following requirements:
(1) If an incandescent
lighting fixture is provided, it shall be capable of providing illumination
of at least ten watts per 25 square feet of floor-area or fraction thereof.
Each lighting fixture shall he provided with one or more lights of a total
of not less than 60 watts. Where, under this requirement, the number of watts
per fixture would exceed 100, one or more additional fixtures shall be provided
and shall be located as may be prescribed by the department, except where
the distance from the fixture to the farthest intersecting wall does not exceed
20 feet.
(2) If a fluorescent
lighting fixture is provided, it shall he capable of providing illumination
of at least four watts cool white fluorescent light per 25 square feet of
floor-area or fraction thereof. Each lighting fixture shall be provided with
one or more lights of a total of not less than 20 watts. Where, under this
requirement, the number of watts per fixture would exceed 40, one or more
additional fixtures shall be provided and shall be located as may be prescribed
by the department, except where the distance from the fixture to the farthest
intersecting wall does not exceed 20 feet.
(3) In every
multiple dwelling hereafter erected, in addition to other lighting requirements,
a sufficient number of incandescent or fluorescent fixtures shall be provided
so that the distance between fixtures is not more than 30 feet and so that
no wall is more than 15 feet distant from a fixture.
b. The department
may approve electric lighting for public halls, stairs, fire stairs and fire
towers other than the incandescent and fluorescent lighting required in subdivision
(a) of this section if such other method of electric lighting provides equivalent
illumination, and meets the requirements of the electrical code.
c. Notwithstanding
any other requirement of this section, the department may require fixtures to
be so located, and additional fixtures to be installed, in order to assure that
every part of every public hall, stair, fire stair or fire tower is adequately
lighted.
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Sec.
[D26-19.05] 27-2039 Lighting to be provided at
night; owner's responsibility
a. The owner of
a multiple dwelling shall turn on all required lights in every public hall and
stair at sunset every day and shall keep them on until sunrise the day following.
b. The owner of
a multiple dwelling shall keep all required lights burning continuously (1)
in every fire stair and fire tower; (2) in every stair and public hall where
there is no window opening on a street, court, yard, space above a setback,
or on a shaft; and (3) in every stair and public hall where there is a window
which in the opinion of the department does not provide adequate natural light.
c. The owner of
a multiple dwelling shall provide electric light at all hours of the day and
night in rooms or spaces in multiple dwellings in which laundry equipment is
provided for the common use of the occupants whenever natural light is insufficient
in the opinion of the department.
d. The owner of
a multiple dwelling shall install and maintain in working condition a lighting
fixture that can be turned on by a tenant or by the mail carrier directly over
a mail box or other receptacle for mail if the natural light in the public hall
is not sufficient to read the names on each mail box or receptacle.
e. The owner of
a multiple dwelling shall not be responsible if any required light becomes extinguished
and remains so if such owner can show to the satisfaction of the department
or the court that it became and remained extinguished without his or her knowledge
or consent.
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Sec.
[D26-19.07] 27-2040 Lights near entrance ways and
in yards and courts of multiple dwellings
a. The owner of
a multiple dwelling shall install and maintain one or more lights at or near
the outside of the front entrance way of the building which shall in the aggregate
provide not less than 50 watts incandescent illumination or its equivalent for
a building with a frontage up to 22 feet, and 100 watts incandescent illumination
or its equivalent for a building with a frontage in excess of 22 feet. In the
case of a multiple dwelling with a frontage in excess of 22 feet and front entrance
doors with a combined width in excess of five feet, the owner shall install
at least two lights, one on each side of the entrance way, with an aggregate
illumination of 150 watts incandescent illumination or its equivalent. If the
minimum level of illumination is maintained, the owner may determine details
of location, design and installation of lighting fixtures, subject, however,
to regulations of the department with respect to the maximum height above or
distance from the entrance way of such fixtures, and the electrical and other
safety of their installation. The lights required by this subdivision shall
be kept burning from sunset on each day to sunrise on the day following.
b. The owner of
a multiple dwelling shall install and maintain in every yard and court one or
more lights of at least 40 watts of incandescent illumination or its equivalent,
in such locations as the department may prescribe. The lights required by this
subdivision shall be kept burning from sunset on each day to sunrise on the
day following.
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