San Jose Municipal Code Part 5 Mechanical Requirements

Every dwelling unit and guestroom shall be provided with heating facilities capable of maintaining a room temperature of seventy degrees Fahrenheit at a point three feet above the floor in all habitable rooms. Such facilities shall be installed and maintained in a safe condition and in accordance with Chapter 37 of the Building Code, the Mechanical Code, and all other applicable laws. No unvented fuel-burning heater shall be permitted. All heating devices or appliances shall be of an approved type.

(Prior code § 5505.1; Ord. 20659.)

A. All electrical equipment, wiring, and appliances shall be installed and maintained in a safe manner in accordance with all applicable laws. All electrical equipment shall be of an approved type.

B. Where there is electrical power available within three hundred feet of the premises of any building, such building shall be connected to such electrical power. Every habitable room shall contain at least two supplied electric convenience outlets or one such convenience outlet and one supplied electric light fixture. Every water closet compartment, bathroom, laundry room, furnace room and public hallway shall contain at least one supplied electric light fixture.

(Prior code § 5505.2; Ord. 20559.)

Ventilation for rooms and areas and for fuel-burning appliances shall be provided as required in the Mechanical Code and in this Code. Where mechanical ventilation is provided in lieu of the natural ventilation required by Section 17.20.280 of this Code, such mechanical ventilating system shall be maintained in operation during the occupancy of any building or portion thereof.

(Prior code § 5505.3; Ord. 20659.)