Agenda - 06-01-2021; 8-g - Amendment to the Code of Ordinances – Minimum Housing Standards Ordinance

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10 (a) At least one water closet or approved privy in good working condition shall be supplied for each four rooms within a rooming house wherever these facilities are shared. (b) Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain, at least 70 square feet of floor area, and every-room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor area for each occupant 12 years of age and over and at least 35 square feet of floor area for each occupant under 12 years of age. (c) The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors, and ceilings, and for the sanitary maintenance of every other part of the rooming house. He shall be further responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire structure or building within which the rooming house is contained is leased or occupied by the operator. (d) Every water closet, flush urinal, lavatory basin and bathtub shall be within an enclosed room or rooms,which are separate from the habitable rooms, are accessible from a common hall, and are accessible without going through any other rooming unit therein. If sanitary facilities are outside, they shall be accessible to occupants of each rooming unit without going through another rooming unit. (e) All rooming units shall have access to an exterior door and exit without going through another rooming unit. (Ord. of 2-21-1984, art. 11, ef£ 7-1-1984) Sec. 20-42. - Responsibilities of owners and occupants. (a) Every owner of a multiple dwelling shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or public areas of the dwelling and premises thereof. (b) Every owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall keep in a clean and sanitary condition that part of the dwelling, dwelling unit and premises thereof which he occupies and controls. (c) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall dispose of all their rubbish and garbage in a clean and sanitary manner. (d) It shall be the responsibility of the owner, in all cases, to furnish, supply, install, and maintain all plumbing and plumbing fixtures in a dwelling unit, including protection against freezing. It shall be the responsibility of the occupant of a dwelling unit to keep all supplied plumbing and plumbing fixtures therein as clean and sanitary as the condition of the premises permit and to exercise reasonable care in the proper use and operation of same, including the doing of any act or the use and maintenance of any protection required by or provided by the owner for the prevention of freezing. (e) It shall be the responsibility of the owner in all cases to furnish, supply, install and replace all required windows, window glazings and screens. It shall be the responsibility of the occupant of a dwelling unit to maintain the same in good condition, normal wear and tear excepted. Whenever any window, window glazing, or screen is damaged or broken by the willful act or neglect of the occupant, then it shall be the responsibility of the occupant to bear the cost of repairing or replacing the same. (f) The owner of any dwelling or dwelling unit shall be responsible for providing a dwelling or dwelling unit free of insects, rodents, or other pests at the time of original letting to any occupant. Thereafter, every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein or on the premises; and every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such extermination whenever the unit is the only one infested. Whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in rodent-proof or reasonable insect-proof condition as required by Section 20-40, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner.