(A) No person shall erect, or cause to be erected or converted to a new purpose by alteration, any building or structure which, or any part of which, shall be inadequate or defective in respect to ventilation, light, sewerage or any of the provisions or precautions, usually proper, necessary for the preservation of health nor shall the builder, lessee, tenant or occupant of any such building or structure (having the right or ability to remedy or prevent the same) cause or allow any matter or thing to be done in or about any such building or structure, dangerous or prejudicial to health.
(B) It shall be unlawful for any building, or any part thereof, to be occupied by any person or for any owner or lessee to allow the same to be occupied by any person, or allow the same to be occupied as a place in which any one may dwell or lodge, except when such building, or such parts thereof, are sufficiently lighted, ventilated, provided and accommodated and in all respects in that condition of wholesomeness and cleanliness for which this chapter or any law of the state provided or in which they, or either of them, require any such premises be kept.
(C) No owner, lessee or keeper of any tenement house, lodging house, boarding house or manufactory shall cause or allow the same to be overcrowded or cause or allow so great a number of persons to dwell, be or sleep in any such house, or any portion thereof, as thereby to cause any danger or detriment to health.
(D) No person having the right and power to prevent the same shall knowingly cause or permit any person to sleep or remain in any cellar or any place dangerous or prejudicial to health by reason of a want of ventilation or drainage, or by reason of the presence of any poisonous, noxious or offensive substance or otherwise.
(Prior Code, § 94.046) (Ord. 2017-005, passed 2-27-2017)