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1 1 99 0 (a) In all buildings every sleeping room shall be provided with a window or windows opening directly upon a street, yard, or court, except that in dwellings a window shall not be required in a sleeping room which is lighted and ventilated by a skylight, or which is connected by an archway or opening containing not less than 50 sq. f :yet in the clear, with a room other than a sleeping room provided with at least two windows of not less than 15 square feet area each between stop beads, and opening directly on a street or yard. (b) The windows of every sleeping room shall have an area of not less than 12 square feet between stop beads, and the sash shall be arranged to ppen to the extent of one-half their area. The glass area of skylights for ventilating sleeping r.>oms shall be not less than 9 square feet and the skylight shall be provided with movableventilation louvres of sash. (c) In every building, or o'Jher than a detached dwelling and a dwelling occupied by not more than one family, every sleeping room shall be for at least two thirds of its area, not, less than eight (8) feet high from the finished floor to the finished ceiling, and shall be not less than seven (7) feet in width at its narrowest point, and have an area of not less than seventy (70) square feet, except that in hotels the area shall be not less than eighty (80) square feet. (a) No sleeping room shall be placed in any story the ceiling of which is less that four feet (4' ) six inches (6") above the curb or adjacentground level. SEC. 29. Electrical installations. All electrical installations shall be in accordance with the National Electrical Code of the National Board of Underwriters, and no installation of electrical equipment shall be made, except in conformity thereto. Sec. 30. City Lledtrician--appojntment -- term -tip compensation -- bond. The City Manager shall appoint a city Electrician, whose term of office shall be at the pleasure of the City Manager, and he shall receive such compensation as the Council the My, on/recommendation of the City Manager, fix, payable in monthly installments out of the City Treasury. He shall gike bond in such amount as the Cdu6cil may fix. Sec. 31. Duties. (a) The �;ity Electrician shall have general suprevision of all electric lights used for City purposes and it shall be his duty to require any person, firm or corporation furnishing electric lights to the City under contract to comply with the terms and in the event offailure to do so, he shall report such failure to the City Manager, (b) He shall keep the fire and police alarm system in good working order and shall attend all fire alarms, reporting to the person of dfficier in command at the scene Of the fire and at the direction of such officer he shall cut orcause to be removed all 'Wires and shall turn off all currents where the circuits interfere with the work of the fire department or are liable to injure life or propery. (c) The City Electrician shall direct, regulate and determine the placing, Operation and maintenance of electric wires and other applicances for light, heat ()r power and shall cause all such wires or applicances to be so placed, constructed guarded, insulated and as not to cause fire or accidents, injuring life or property. (d) The City Electrician shall have special charge in the enforcement of all ordinances relating to electricity and the use thereof in the Jtreets of the City , Parks or other public places and shall report to the City Manager any persons, firms, or 004orations violating any of the prov sions of the City Code contained in this chapter or any chapter of the City Code.