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<br />ARTICLE 2
<br />RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNERS
<br />OCCUPANTS OF DWELLINGS
<br />Section 37.1-2. General Responsibilities of Owners:
<br />Except where such responsibility is assumed by an operator or occupant in
<br />a written agreement, every owner of a dwelling or dwelling units shall be
<br />responsible for the maintenance, sanitation and good operating condition of
<br />such dwellings and premises thereof and shall keep the roof in such con-
<br />dition so that it will not leak, and so that all surplus water shall be conveyed
<br />therefrom, as not to cause dampness in the walls or ceilings.
<br />Section 37.1-3. General Responsibilities of Occupants:
<br />Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall:
<br />1. Maintain in a clean and sanitary condition that part of the premises
<br />which he occupies.
<br />2. Dispose of his garbage or other organic or human waste by disposal
<br />facilities in accordance with applicable City ordinances. It shall be
<br />the responsibility of the owner or occupant to provide the necessary
<br />non -leaking containers as required by City ordinance.
<br />3. Keep all plumbing fixtures in a clean and sanitary condition and
<br />exercise reasonable care in the use and operation thereof.
<br />Section 37.1-4. Responsibilities of Owners and Occupants When
<br />Premises are Infested:
<br />Every occupant of a single-family dwelling shall be responsible for the
<br />extermination of any insects, rodents, or other pests which shall infest the
<br />premises, including accessory buildings. Every occupant of a dwelling unit
<br />in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible
<br />for such extermination whenever his dwelling unit is the only one infested.
<br />Whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to mantain a dwelling
<br />in a ratproof or reasonable insectproof condition, extermination shall be the
<br />responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of
<br />the dwelling units in any dwelling or in the shared or public parts, such as
<br />hallways, utility closets, laundry rooms, porches, yard, etc., of any dwelling
<br />containing two or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the
<br />responsibility of the owner.
<br />ARTICLE 3
<br />MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR
<br />BASIC EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES
<br />Section 37.1-5. Minimum Kitchen and Bathroom Equipment:
<br />No owner shall occupy or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or
<br />dwelling unit for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating therein
<br />which does not comply with the following requirements:
<br />1. Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink in good working
<br />condition and properly connected to a water and sewerage system
<br />approved by the Enforcing Officer.
<br />2. Every dwelling unit (except as otherwise permitted under Subsection
<br />3 of this section) shall contain a room affording privacy and equipped
<br />with a flush water closet, a lavatory basin and bathtub or shower,
<br />all properly connected to a water and sewerage system approved by the
<br />Enforcing Officer.
<br />3. The occupants of not more than two dwelling units may share a
<br />single flush water closet, a single lavatory basin and a single bathtub
<br />or shower if neither of the two dwelling units contains more than
<br />two rooms; provided that for the purposes of this subsection a
<br />kitchenette or an efficiency kitchen with not more than sixty (60)
<br />square feet of floor area shall not be counted as a room.
<br />4. Every dwelling shall have supplied "water -heating facilities" which
<br />are properly installed, are maintained in safe and good working
<br />condition, and are capable of heating water to such a temperature
<br />as to permit an adequate amount of hot water to be drawn at every
<br />required kitchen sink, lavatory basin, bathtub or shower.
<br />Section 37.1-6. Minimum Heating Facilities:
<br />Every dwellin; shall have heating facilities which are properly installed.
<br />are maintained in safe and good condition, and are capable of safely and
<br />adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms and water closet com-
<br />partments in every dwelling unit located therein to a temperature of at
<br />least seventy (70) degrees Fahrenheit at a distance of five (5) feet above
<br />floor level, at the center of the room, under ordinary minimum winter
<br />conditions.
<br />Section 37.1-7. Electric Service: �.
<br />Where there is "electric service" available from power lines whi0i .tlrre, tyot w
<br />more than three hundred (300) feet away electric service shall be provided.",
<br />ARTICLE I
<br />MINIMUM STANDARDS
<br />FOR art . "W
<br />LIGHT AND VENTILATION',
<br />Section 37.1-8. Minimum Window Area:
<br />No owner shall occupy or let to another for occupancy any dwelling unit
<br />for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking, or eating therein which does
<br />not comply with the following requirement: }`
<br />Every habitable room, bathroom and water closet compartment shall
<br />have at least one window or skylight facing directly to outdoor open
<br />space having a total equal to at least ten (10) percent of the floor
<br />area of such room; or, such other device as will adequately ve4tilate
<br />the room which shall be in working condition at all times. ;�
<br />ARTICLE 5
<br />MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR SPACE AND USE
<br />Section 37.1-9. Floor Area Requirements:
<br />No person shall occupy or shall let to another for occupancy any dwellin;,'
<br />rooming house, dwelling unit, or rooming unit which does not comply with
<br />the following minimum standards for space, use, and location: ;
<br />1. Every dwelling unit shall contain at least one hundred and fifty
<br />square feet of habitable floor area for the first occupant, at least one
<br />hundred square feet of additional habitable floor area for each of the
<br />next three occupants, and, thereafter, at least seventy-five (75) square
<br />feet of additional habitable floor area for each additional occupant.
<br />2. Except in hotel or motel rooms every room occupied for sleeping
<br />purposes by one occupant shall contain at least seventy square foet
<br />of floor area, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more
<br />than one occupant shall contain at least fifty square feet of floor area
<br />for each occupant twelve years of age and over and at least thirty-five
<br />square feet of floor area for each occupant under twelve years of age.
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<br />3. Floor area shall be calculated on the basis ofiabitable room'area.
<br />However, closet area and hall area within the, dwelling unit,, where
<br />provided, may count for not more than ten percent of the required
<br />habitable floor area. At least one-half of the floor area of overy `
<br />habitable room shall have a ceiling height of :, beast seven feet;','.:• ' s
<br />Section 37.1-10. Occupants r •
<br />For the purpose of this section a person under one year of age shall n c
<br />counted as an occupant. 0.
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<br />Section 37.1-11. Single Family Dwellings:
<br />The Council finds further that healthful and sanitary ditions in xe4ittion• •
<br />to space, use and location generally prevail in single>mily dwelloc-
<br />cupied by one family only. Therefore the provisions of,J,37.1-9 shall*dt be
<br />applicable to single family dwellings occupied by one family only.; he,•��
<br />purpose of this subsection a "single-family dwelling" means a dwellin nor
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<br />taining no more than one dwelling unit; and a `'family" as hereid ed
<br />means husband, wife, children and mother and father of the husb4. aid.
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<br />Section 37.1-12. Cellar: WA,.
<br />No cellar shall be used for living purposes. ,'
<br />Section 37.1-13. Basements:
<br />No basement shall be used for living purposes
<br />1. The floor and walls are substantially waw t;
<br />2.. The total window area, total openable area ceiling �ei ht are
<br />'equal to those required for habitable rooms.
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<br />MINIMUM STANDARDS OF MAINTENANCE.,;,
<br />Section 37.1-14. Protection against Vermin:
<br />No owner shall occupy or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or
<br />dwelling unit for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating therein
<br />which does not comply with the following requirements:
<br />1. Every foundation, floor, wall, basement, hatchway, stairway, window,
<br />door, ceiling, and roof shall be substantially water -tight, and rodent
<br />i)roof.
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