1381.02 PURPOSE.

   Within the scope of this Apartment Maintenance Code, the purpose of this Apartment Maintenance Code is to establish minimum standards necessary to make all multiple dwelling structures used for rental purposes safe, sanitary, free from fire and health hazards, fit for human habitation and beneficial to the public welfare; to establish minimum standards governing the maintenance of multiple dwelling structures in such condition as will not constitute a blighting or deteriorating influence on the neighborhood and the community; to fix responsibilities for owners and tenants of multiple dwelling structures with respect to sanitation, repair and maintenance; to authorize the inspection of multiple dwelling structures used for rental purposes; to establish enforcement procedures; to authorize the vacation or condemnation of multiple dwelling structures unsafe for or unfit for human habitation;

and to fix penalties for violations.

(Ord. 76-212. Passed 12-21-76.)