East Haven, Conn., Code of Ordinances app. A § V

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:
5.01 Every habitable room shall have at least one window or skylight facing directly outdoors. The minimum total window area, measured between stops, for every habitable room shall be at least ten (10) percent of the floor area of such room. Wherever walls or other portions of structures face a window of any such room and such light-obstruction structures are located less than three feet from the window and extend to a level above that of the ceiling of the room, such 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 top of such room, the total window area of such skylight shall equal at least fifteen (15) percent of the total floor area of such room.
5.02 Every habitable room shall have at least one window or skylight which can easily be opened, or such other device as will adequately ventilate the room. The total openable window or skylight area in every habitable room shall be equal to at least 45 percent of the minimum window area size or minimum skylight-type window size, as required in subsection 5.01 of this ordinance, except where there is supplied some other device affording adequate ventilation and approved by the Housing Code Enforcement Officer or his duly authorized representative.
5.03 Every bathroom and water closet compartment, and non-habitable room used for food preparation, shall comply with the light and ventilation requirements for habitable rooms contained in Subsections 5.01 and 5.02 of this ordinance except that no window or skylight shall be required in such rooms if they are equipped with a ventilation system which is kept in continuous or automatic operation and approved by the Housing Code Enforcement Officer.
5.04 Where there is usable electric service available from power lines which are not more than three hundred (300) feet away from a dwelling, every dwelling unit and all public and common areas shall be supplied with electric 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 Town of East Haven. The capacity of such services and the number of outlets and fixtures shall be as follows: 5.04.01 Every habitable room shall have an electric service and outlets and/or fixtures capable of providing at least 3 watts per square foot of total floor area.
5.04.02 Every habitable room, and non-habitable room used for food preparation shall have at least one (1) floor/wall-type electric convenience outlet for each sixty (60) square feet or fraction thereof of total floor area, and in no case less than two (2) such outlets.
5.04.03 Every water closet compartment, bathroom, kitchen or kitchenette, laundry room, furnace room, public hall shall contain at least one supplied ceiling or wall-type electric light fixture.
5.04.04 Convenient switches or equivalent devices for turning on one light in each room or passageway shall be located so as to permit the area ahead to be lighted.
5.05 Every public hall and stairway in every multiple dwelling shall be adequately lighted at all times by natural or electric light. Every public hall and stairway in structures containing not more than two 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.