Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A.
Ventilation and Lighting. The following applies to the ventilation and lighting
requirements where plumbing fixtures are installed.
1. Means of Ventilation. Every restroom,
bathroom or water closet combination shall be provided with ventilation by one
or more operable windows opening to the outside of the building, by mechanical
exhaust or by other means approved by the administrative authority.
a. Window Opening. When an operable window
opening to the outside of the building is used for ventilation, an insect mesh
screen shall be installed on such opening.
b. Mechanical Exhaust. Public restrooms,
bathrooms or water closet combinations shall be provided with ventilation by
mechanical exhaust. When separate facilities for employees or staff of food
service establishments, markets and retail food stores are provided, such
facilities shall also be provided with ventilation by mechanical exhaust.
i. All restrooms, bathrooms and water closet
combinations which are ventilated by mechanical exhaust shall have fixed
openings from adjacent room or corridors or from other approved sources, large
enough to provide a sufficient inflow of air to make exhaust ventilation
effective.
ii. Ventilation ducts
from restrooms, bathrooms and water closet combinations shall be exhausted to
the outside air or be connected into an independent system that exhausts to the
outside air.
2. Combustion Chambers. The combustion
chambers of all heaters, heating systems and other fired equipment shall be
vented to the atmosphere. Other parts of the heating, cooling and ventilating
system shall be so designed, built and maintained as to ensure that the
pressure in the space from which combustion air is drawn does not become
negative with respect to the atmosphere.
3. Illumination Level. Artificial lighting
shall be installed in every restroom, bathroom or water closet combination
sufficient to provide an illumination level of at least 10 foot-candles,
measured 3 feet off of the floor.
4. Enclosures. Where a water closet is
completely enclosed in a room or by walls, such enclosure shall be separately
ventilated and lighted.
B. Improper Location. Piping, fixtures or
equipment shall not be located in such a manner as to interfere with the normal
operation of windows, doors or other exit openings. Toilet rooms for public use
shall not open directly into a room for the preparation of food for service to
the public.
C. Toilet Facilities
for Construction Workers. Toilet facilities, of the type and in the quantity
approved by the administrative authority or, in lieu thereof, in accord with
the Minimum Requirements for Sanitation in Places of Employment (ANSI Z 4.1),
shall be provided and maintained in a sanitary condition for the use of workmen
during construction.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
40:4(A)(7) and
R.S.
40:5(2)(3)(7)(9)(16)(17)(20).
