8.07.280 Electrical system, receptacles, and lighting.
A. Electric power to any structure shall be from an approved source; receptacles and fixtures shall be safely connected to an approved electrical system. The electrical system within a structure shall not constitute a hazard by reason of inadequate service, deterioration, damage, improper fusing, improper wiring or installation.
B. In addition to other electrical system components that may be used to meet cooking, refrigeration, and heating requirements listed elsewhere in this code, the following receptacles and lighting fixtures are required in a dwelling:
1. Every habitable space shall contain at least two operable electric receptacles or one receptacle and one operable electric light fixture.
2. Every toilet compartment, bathroom, laundry room or other wet location shall contain at least one operable electric light fixture and one grounded electrical receptacle or a receptacle with a ground-fault interrupter.
3. Every furnace room and all similar nonhabitable spaces in a dwelling shall have one operable electric light fixture.
4. Every public hallway, corridor, and stairway in apartments, single-room occupancies and social care facilities shall be adequately lighted at all times with an average intensity of illumination of at least one foot candle at principal points such as angles and intersections of corridors and passageways, stairways, landings of stairways, landings of stairs and exit doorways, and at least one-half foot candle at other points. Measurement of illumination shall be taken at points not more than four feet above the floor. [BC 8.07.280, added by Ordinance No. 4448, 8/20/07]