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3.351(3) (a) Buildings. Every building shall have at least the equivalent of 60-ampere, • three-wire service to all occupied portions thereof. 3:351(3)(b) Dwelling Units. Dwelling units shall have at least one branch electric circuit for each 600 square feet of dwelling unit floor area. 3.351(3) (c) Habitable Rooms. Every habitable room of every dwelling unit shall have at least one floor or wall-type electric convenience outlet for each 60 square feet or fraction thereof of total floor area, and in no case less than two such electric outlets. Temporary wiring or extension cords shall not be used as permanent wiring. 3.351(3) (d) Bathroom Kitchen, Laundry, Furnace. Every water closet department, bathroom,kitchen,laundry room,and furnace room shall contain at least one supplied ceiling or wall- type electric light fixture and every bathroom and laundry room shall contain at least one electric convenience outlet. 3.351(3) (e) Halls and Stairways. Every common hall and stairway in every multiple family dwelling shall be adequately lighted by natural or electric light at all times, so as to maintain an average, horizontal illumination of two foot candles as defined in the Fifth Edition of the Illumination Engineers' Society handbook. Every public hall and stairway in structures containing not more than two dwelling units may be supplied with conveniently located light switches controlling an adequate lighting system which may be turned on when needed, instead of full-time lighting. • 3.351(3)(f) Convenience Switches. A convenient switch or equivalent device for turning on a light in each dwelling unit shall be located near the points of entrance to such unit. 3.351-(3)(g) Non-Residential Facilities. Every non-residential facility shall have sufficient circuits installed to various parts of the building to prevent overloading and overfusing. 3.351 (4) Minimum Ventilation Standards: Except where there is supplied some other device affording sufficient ventilation as specified in Section 3.20 through 3.223 of this chapter, for various occupancy types and approved by the Building Official, every occupied room shall have at least one window facing directly outdoors which can be opened easily. The minimum total of openable window area in every habitable room shall be the greater of five percent of the floor area, of the room,and in no case less than four square feet. Every non-habitable room (bathroom,water closet compartment,laundry room,and utility room)shall have at least fifty percent of the openable window requirement otherwise appropriate for the.floor area, except that no windows shall be required if such rooms are equipped with a ventilation system which is approved by the Director of Fire and Safety. 3.351 (5) Discontinuance of Basic Services or Utilities: No owner, operator, or occupant shall cause or allow any service or utility which is required under this Dwelling Code, to be shut off from or discontinued for any occupied building or portion thereof let or occupied by him, except for such temporary interruptions as may • be necessary while actual repairs or alterations are in process, or during 3 -26 072684