CHAPTER 1393
Basic Maintenance Standards
1393.01    Maintenance responsibilities.
1393.02    General maintenance requirements.
1393.03    Maintenance of foundations.
1393.04    Maintenance of roofs, gutters and downspouts.
1393.05    Maintenance of exteriors.
1393.06    Maintenance of interior walls and floors.
1393.07    Pest control.
1393.08    Exterior property areas.
1393.09    Secondary or appurtenant structures.
1393.10    Rubbish and garbage disposal.
1393.11    Renting.
CROSS REFERENCES
         Sidewalk maintenance - see GEN. OFF. 521.06
         Weeds - see GEN. OFF. Ch. 557
         Toilet rooms - see BLDG. 1303.98
   1393.01 MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES.
   (a)    Owner. The owner of every building or structure or his appointed agent shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or common areas of the premises.
   (b)    Occupant. The occupant of any building or structure shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition that part of the premises which he occupies and controls.
(Ord. 75-82. Passed 9-2-75.)
   1393.02 GENERAL MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS.
   (a)    All structures and all parts thereof, both exterior and interior, shall be maintained in good repair and shall be capable of performing the function for which such structure or part or any feature thereof was designed or intended to be used.
   (b)    All equipment and facilities appurtenant to a structure shall be maintained in good and safe working order.
(Ord. 75-82. Passed 9-2-75.)
   1393.03 MAINTENANCE OF FOUNDATIONS.
   (a)    All foundations of every structure shall be maintained structurally sound and in good repair.
   (b)    All foundations of every structure shall be maintained in such condition as to prevent seepage or leakage of water into the space enclosed within such foundations.
   (c)    All openings into the foundations of every structure shall be protected against the entrance of rodents.
   (d)    Where parts of structures supported on masonry piers need substantial repair or replacement due to sagging, settling or failure of supporting piers, the same shall be replaced with a foundation conforming to the Building Code.
(Ord. 75-82. Passed 9-2-75.)
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