No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking, or eating therein, which does not comply with the following requirements:
(A) There shall be a safe and potable supply of running water into each dwelling unit;
(B) Each dwelling unit shall contain a room which affords privacy to a person within said room and which is equipped with an inside flush water closet and lavatory basin. Every dwelling unit shall also contain a kitchen sink. Every dwelling unit shall contain a bathtub, or shower installed in a room affording privacy. Every flush water closet shall be connected to cold water lines and an approved sewer or approved individual sewage system. Every kitchen sink, every lavatory basin, every bathtub, and every shower shall be connected to hot and cold water lines and to an approved sewer or approved individual sewage disposal unit. All plumbing fixtures and fittings shall be in good working conditions. Sufficient water shall be piped to all plumbing fixtures for the proper operation of the fixtures.
(C) Every dwelling unit shall be furnished with water heating facilities capable of heating water to such temperature as to permit an adequate quantity of water be drawn in each fixture at a temperature of not less than 120ºF. Water heating facilities shall be properly connected to hot and cold water lines. If gas is used as a fuel, it shall be vented to the atmosphere.
(D) Every dwelling unit shall have a single flush water closet, a single lavatory basin, and a single bathtub or shower.
(E) Every dwelling unit shall be supplied with adequate rubbish storage facilities and rubbish disposal, the type and location of which shall be in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Building Inspector. In the case of dwellings consisting of four or more dwelling units, rubbish storage facilities shall be supplied by the owner, unless the rental agreement provides otherwise. In the case of dwellings consisting of fewer than four units, the rubbish storage facilities shall be supplied by the occupants, unless the rental agreement provides otherwise.
(F) Every dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage storage containers and garbage disposal, the type and location of which shall be in accordance with the provisions of the garbage ordinance of the city. In the case of dwellings consisting of four or more dwellings units, garbage storage containers or garbage disposal facilities shall be supplied by the owner, unless the rental agreement provides otherwise. In the case of dwellings consisting of fewer than four units, the garbage storage containers or garbage storage facilities shall be supplied by the occupants, unless the rental agreement provides otherwise.
(G) There shall be for each dwelling unit a safe unobstructed means of egress leading to a safe open space at ground level without going through another dwelling unit.
(H) When service from a public or semi-public sewage and water system is not available or feasible, an individual system of water supply and sewage disposal may be considered adequate, provided it is installed in accordance with the requirements of the County Board of Health. When an approved sewer is not available and where conditions are such as to prevent safe and sanitary subsurface disposal of waterborne sewage, then at the discretion of the Board of Health, certain variances in the requirements of this section may be permitted.
(I) All courts, yards, or other areas on the premises of every dwelling shall be properly graded and drained.
(Ord. 9-1975, passed 12-10-1975) Penalty, see § 150.99