HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Amending Rental Housing Code ORDINANCE NO. 2743
Ali ORDINANCE TO AIv_END THE RENTAL HOUSING
CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES , IOWA BY REPEAL-
ING SECTION 19-3010 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE
AND ENACTING A NEW SECTION 19-3010 TO
ESTABLISH SAFETY REUQIRENENTS RELATIVE
TO WINDOGT SPACE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HERF-
WITH; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED by the City Council for the City of
Ames , Iowa:
Section One. The Municipal Code of the City of
Amies , Iowa shall be and is hereby amended by repealing Sec-
tion 19-3010 thereof as said section has heretofore existed
and enacting a new Section 19-3010 , said new section to
read as follows :
"Sec. 19-3010. Window Space
1 . When a means of emergency egress is required
by the rules of the State Fire Marshall , adopted
by Section 19-3103 , the window space acting as such
exit shall have an unobstructed height of at least
24 inches , width of at least 20 inches , and finished
sill height of 44 inches or less .
2 . All habitable rooms shall be provided with
natural light by means of exterior glazed open-
ings with a minimum area of 10 square feet per
apartment .
3 . All habitable rooms shall have mechanical
ventilation or natural ventilation provided by
easily operable exterior openings with a mini-
mum of five square feet per apartment .
4. For the purpose of determining light and ven-
tilation requirements :
a. Any room may be considered as a portion
of an adjoining room when the common wall
has an unobstructed opening of at least 25
square feet .
, L b . Openings of less than 12 square feet
a shall not be included in computations . "
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Section Two . All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in conflict herewitF are hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict .
Section Three. This ordinance is in full force
and effec—t -f-r-om-a-n-cTafter its adoption and publication as
requirec by law.
Passed this 15th day of January 1980.
F. Paul Goodland, Mayor
Attest :
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Gina Bicknese, City Clerk