http://www.business-services.upenn.edu/offcampusliving/assistance/ standards.html
#3_5
says "Natural light must be available in every room by one or more windows
facing directly to the outdoors. ... A skylight may be used as a required
window."
Apparently it isn't exactly true to claim that bedrooms have to have windows; all rooms have to have windows.
While website claims to be "based on" the code of General Ordinances, It is NOT the code.
I assume that it is someone in the Office of Off Campus Living's interpretation of the code. It is also not dated (so we have no idea how current it is), and since it only references the City Ordinances, does not include any court interpretations of those Ordinances or conflicts with stated and national codes, which the City codes normally reference.
The reason this is important is that the quote above is very misleading...
While one paragraph makes this statement:
"Natural light must be available in every room by one or more windows facing directly to the outdoors."
Two paragraphs above that paragraph is the statement concerning bathrooms:
"A window or an approved ventilating system in each bathroom. "
Clearly those two statements are in direct conflict with each other.
Note also that this all talks only about a requirement for light and ventilation -- nothing about egress and consequently size of the "window."
T.T.F.N. William H. Magill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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