§ 28-12. Heating.

No person shall occupy as owner or occupant or let to another for occupancy any structure or portion thereof which does not comply with the following requirements:

A. 

General. Heating facilities and their accompanying chimneys, flues or stacks are to be installed in compliance with the ordinances of the Town of North Hempstead and be maintained in good order and repair so that they are capable of safely and adequately providing heat to enclosed spaces which are or may be normally occupied. Doors, windows and other parts of a building shall be constructed and maintained so as to prevent abnormal heat losses. Heating facilities utilizing gas as a fuel shall have a shutoff valve provided at or near the source of supply to the facility.

B. 

Heating facilities shall be provided to safely and adequately maintain heat in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, kitchenettes, toilet rooms or compartments within the walls of a dwelling to a temperature of at least 68° F. at a distance of three feet or more from the exterior walls and at a level of five feet above the floor level. The capability of said heating equipment shall be based upon an outside temperature of 0° F.

C. 

Room heaters. No room heater that is independent of the heating system in the dwelling shall be used except where the unit or appliance is first approved by the office of the Fire Marshal of the County of Nassau.

D. 

Water heaters. Every dwelling shall be supplied with an approved water heater or heaters capable of supplying a sufficient quantity of water heated to a temperature of at least 120° F. to every kitchen sink, lavatory, bathtub or shower located therein. Such water heater or heaters shall be properly connected to a supply of potable water.