§ 15-126. Windows and other openings.

(a)

All windows and other openings for the purpose of light or ventilation located in the exterior walls and within thirty (30) inches above the existing ground level immediately below such openings, shall be covered for their entire height and width, including frame, with wire cloth of nineteen-gauge or heavier, having a mesh of not larger than one-half inch.

(b)

All other windows and other openings for the purpose of light or ventilation in the exterior walls, which may be accessible to rats by way of exposed pipes, wires, conduits and other appurtenances, shall be covered with guards of wire cloth of nineteen-gauge or heavier, having a mesh of not larger than one-half inch. In lieu of such wire cloth covering on such openings, such pipes, wires, conduits and other appurtenances shall be blocked from rat usage by installing sheet-metal guards as provided in the following section.

(Code 1950, § 47-17; Code 1959, § 18-53)