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(~b) Internal wiring and outlets in single or multi-family dwellings shall conform to: • (i) At least one fifteen (15) or twenty (20) AMP ~~ branch circuit for each six hundred (600) square feet of dwelling unit floor area. (ii) At least one duplex receptacle on a separate twenty (20) AMP appliance circuit in t11e Jcitchen. (iii) At least one duplex receptacle on a separate twenty (20) AMP circuit for the laundry. Multi-family buildings may have a laundry area with duplex receptacles on a separate twenty (20) AMP circuits that are not overloaded. (iv) Every habitable room with one hundred twenty (120) square feet of Iabitable floor space or less shall be provided `with two separate floor or wall type electric convenience outlets, and an additional electric convenience outlet shall be required for each additional eighty (80) square feet or fraction-thereof of habitable floor space, required outlets shall, insofar as possible, be spaced equal distances apart. One ceiling type or wall type light fixture controlled by a remote switch may be supplied in lieu of one required electric convenience outlet in each habitable room. Every public hall, water closet compartment, bathroom, laundry room and furnace room shall contain at least one supplied electric light fixture. • (v) Bathrooms shall have at least one receptacle. This receptacle may be in wall light if readily accessible. (vi) All hazardous and all discontinued wiring shall be removed. This includes wiring to and in garages and other accessory buildings. The director of inspections may order hazardous electrical installations removed. (c) Every public hall and stairway in a multiple-family dwelling shall be adequately lighted by natural or electric lights at all times, so as to provide effective illumination in all parts thereafter. (d) The authority having jurisdiction may waive specific requirements in this code or permit alternate methods, where it is assured the equivalent objectives can be achieved by establishing and maintaining effective safety. (18) Minimum Thermal Standards: No person shall occupy as owner or occupant or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of living therein, which does not have heating facilities which are properly installed, and which are maintained in safe condition, and which are capable of adequately heating all rooms in every dwelling unit at a temperature of at least 68 degrees Fahrenheit at a distance of • three (3) feet above floor level and three (3) feet from any 4-1-89 47