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r Fridley City Code Chapter 220 Section 220.10.6. G. If provided, exterior electrical outlets shall be weather proofed. No electrical drop cords, extension cords, or electrical wires shall extend across a walkway or driveway, or otherwise create a hazard to pedestrians or vehicles. 4. Minimum Heating Standards A. All dwellings shall have primary heating facilities which are properly installed and . maintained in a safe, efficient working condition and which are capable of maintaining a minimum indoor temperature of 68 degrees F. at an outside temperature of -20 degrees F. at 36 inches above the floor in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and water closet compartments in every dwelling unit located therein. B. Gas or electric appliances designed specifically for cooking or water heating purposes, and portable heating equipment, shall not be considered primary heating facilities within the meaning of this section. C. No owner or occupant shall install, operate, or use a heater e►nploying a flame that is not installed and maintained in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and applicable City and State Codes. D. Whenever the occupant lacks direct control over the primary heating facility to his/her dwelling unit, it shall be the responsibility of the owner to maintain minimum heating � standards as set forth above. 5. Water Heating Standards: Every dwelling unit shall have supplied water heating facilities which are installed in an approved manner, properly maintained, and which are capable of heating water to such a temperature as to permit an adequate amount of water to be drawn at every required kitchen sink, lavatory basin, bathtub, shower, and laundry facilities, or other similar units at a temperature of not less than one hundred ten degrees (110) Fahrenheit, forty-six degrees (46) Celsius, at any time needed. Water temperatures shall comply with but not exceed the standards stipulated in the most recently adopted Minnesota Energy Code. 6. Minimum Natural Light and Ventilation Standards: Every habitable room shall have window area of no less than eight percent (8%) of the floor area and at least one window facing directly outdoors which can be opened easily. At minimum, the total openable window area of every habitable room shall be four percent (4%) of the floor area of the room, and in no case less than four (4) square feet. In lieu of natural ventilation, a mechanical ventilating system may be provided which is capable of providing two air changes per hour, with twenty percent (20%) of the air supply taken from the outside. Every bathroom and water closet compartment shall have at least fifty percent (50%) of the openable window requirement otherwise appropriate for the floor area, except that no windows shall be required if such rooms are equipped with an exhaust fan connected directly to the outside, capable of providing five (5) air changes per hour. For the purpose of determining light and ventilation requirements, any room may be considered as a portion of an adjoining room when one-half of the area of the common wall is open and unobstructed and provides an opening of not less than one-tenth of the floor area of the interior room or twenty-five (25) square feet, whichever is greater. Windows shall not be required in