No person shall operate a rooming house, or shall occupy or let to another, for occupancy any rooming unit in any rooming house, except in compliance with the provisions of every part of this division except the provisions of paragraphs (A) through (D) of § 70.251 and paragraphs (A) and (B) of § 70.252.
(A) At least one (1) flush water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the building official and in good working condition, shall be supplied for each eight (8) persons or fraction thereof residing within a rooming house, including members of the operator's family wherever they share the use of the facilities; provided that a rooming house where rooms are let only to males, flush urinals may be substituted for not more than one-half (1/2) the required number of water closets. All the facilities shall be so located within the dwelling as to be reasonably accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing the facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot water at all times. No such required facilities shall be located so as to be more than one (1) floor removed from any rooming unit.
(B) The operator of every rooming house shall change supplied bed linen and towels therein at least once each week and prior to the letting of any room to any occupant. The operator shall be responsible for the maintenance of all supplied bedding in a clean and sanitary manner.
(C) Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one (1) person shall contain at least seventy (70) square feet of floor space and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one (1) person shall contain at least fifty (50) square feet of floor space for each occupant thereof.
(D) Every rooming unit shall have safe and unobstructed exists leading to safe and open space at ground level, as required by the laws of this city and this state.
(E) The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance
of all walls, floors and ceilings, and for maintenance of a sanitary condition in every other part of the rooming house; and he shall be further responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire structure or building is leased or occupied by the operator.
(Ord. No. 11.66, § 303(4), 2-4-66)