Stamford, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 146 § 146-26

No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit for the purpose of living therein which does not comply with the following requirements: A.
Every habitable room shall have at least one (1) window or skylight facing directly to the outdoors. The minimum total window area, measured between stops, for every habitable room shall be one-tenth ( 1/10 ) of the floor area of such room. Whenever walls or other portions of structures face a window of any such room and such light-obstruction structures are located less than three (3) feet from the window and extend to a level above that of the ceiling of the room, such a window shall not be deemed to face directly to the outdoors and shall not be included as contributing to the required minimum total window area. Whenever the only window in a room is a skylight-type window in the top of such room, the total window area of such skylight shall equal at least fifteen percent (15%) of the total floor area of such room.
B. Every habitable room shall have at least one (1) window or skylight which can be easily opened or such other device as will adequately ventilate the room. The total of openable window area in every habitable room shall be equal to at least fifty percent (50%) of the minimum window area size or minimum skylight-type window size as required in Subsection A of this section, except where there is supplied some other device affording adequate ventilation and approved by the Director of Health.
C. Every bathroom, water closet compartment and nonhabitable room used for food preparation shall comply with the light and ventilation requirements for habitable rooms contained in Subsections A and B of this section, except that no window or skylight shall be required in such rooms if they are equipped with a ventilation system which is kept in efficient operation and approved by the Director of Health.
D. Every dwelling unit and all public and common areas shall have electrical service outlets and fixtures which shall be properly installed, shall be maintained in good and safe working condition and shall be connected to the source of electric power in a manner prescribed by the ordinances, rules and regulations of the city. The capacity of such services and the minimum number of outlets and fixtures shall be as follows:
(1) Every habitable room and nonhabitable room used for food preparation shall have at least one (1) floor-or wall-type electrical convenience duplex outlet for each sixty (60) square feet or fraction thereof of total floor area, and in no case less than two (2) such duplex outlets per room.
(2) Every water closet compartment, bathroom, kitchen or kitchenette, laundry room, furnace room and public hall shall contain at least one (1) supplied ceiling-or wall-type electric light fixture, and in addition, every bathroom and laundry room shall be provided with at least one (1) electric outlet.
E. Heating facilities. [Amended 4-2-79 by Ord. No. 393]
(1) Every dwelling or dwelling unit shall have heating facilities which are properly installed, are maintained in safe and working condition and are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms and water closet compartments in every dwelling unit located therein to a minimum temperature of at least seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70° F.).
(2) The heating facilities provided shall be equipped with a control valve and/or thermostat to allow the occupant of the dwelling or dwelling unit to regulate and/or reduce the heat supplied.
(3) Unvented flame space heaters are prohibited; portable electric heaters approved under the appropriate local or State Electrical and/or Fire Prevention Code are acceptable where they meet the provisions of the above subsections.
(4) Between October 1 and October 30 of each year, a heating facility inspection report for multiple dwellings, hotels and rooming houses shall be filed with the Health Department of the City of Stamford indicating that the heating facility for such premises has been inspected within six (6) months from the date of filing by a person licensed to design, construct or repair a heating facility and that such heating facility meets the requirements of this chapter, except that a multiple dwelling, hotel or rooming house no portion of which is more than ten (10) years old at the date for filing shall not be required to file a heating facility inspection report for that year unless any dwelling unit, hotel unit or rooming unit within such premises was not heated in accordance with the requirements of this chapter for a period of more than eighteen (18) hours during the year preceding the filing dates.
(5) The heating facility inspection report required by this chapter shall be provided on forms prescribed or approved by the Health Director of the City of Stamford. Said report shall not be required of buildings containing six (6) or less dwelling units.
(6) Notwithstanding the aforesaid, this section is not intended to include nor shall it be construed to apply to:
(a) Buildings containing dwelling units as defined and created under the Unit Ownership Act of the State of Connecticut wherein seventy-five percent (75%) of such units are in individual ownership other than by the declarant; nor
(b) Dwelling units in single ownership and owned and leased under the cooperative form of ownership.
F. Every public hall, stairway and porch giving egress to ground level in every multiple dwelling shall be adequately lighted at all times so as to provide at least three (3) foot-candles of light at the tread or floor level. Every porch, public hall and stairway in structures containing not more than two (2) dwelling units may be supplied with conveniently located light switches controlling an adequate lighting system which may be turned on when needed, instead of full-time lighting.
G. During that portion of each year when there is a need for protection against mosquitoes, flies and other insects, at least one (1) door opening directly from a dwelling unit to outdoor space shall have supplied properly fitting screens having at least sixteen (16) mesh and swinging doors shall be equipped with a self-closing device; and every window or other device with openings to outdoor space, used or intended to be used for ventilation, shall likewise be supplied with sixteen-mesh screens, half or full.