§ 14.12.400. Origin of light and ventilation.

A.

Required exterior openings for natural light and ventilation shall open directly onto a street or public alley or a yard or court located on the same lot as the building.

EXCEPTION: Required windows may open into a roofed porch where the porch:

1.

Abuts a street, yard, or court; and

2.

Has a ceiling height of not less than 7 feet; and

3.

Has the longer side at least 65 percent open and unobstructured.

B.

A required window in a service room may open into a vent shaft which is open and unobstructed to the sky and not less than 4 feet in least dimensions. No vent shaft shall extend through more than two stories.

C.

For the purpose of determining light and ventilation requirements, any room may be considered as a portion of an adjoining room when one-half of the area of the common wall is open and unobstructed and provides an opening of not less than one-tenth of the floor area of the interior room or 25 square feet, whichever is greater.

(Ord. 5363 § 21, 1978; Ord. 4729 § 5.04(b), 1965)