(A) License required. No person shall operate a rooming house unless he or she holds a valid rooming house license.
(B) Water closet, lavatory, and bath facilities.
(1) At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin, and bathtub or shower, properly connected to a water and sewer system and in good working condition, shall be supplied for each four rooms within a rooming house wherever those facilities are shared.
(2) All facilities shall be located on the floor they serve within the dwelling so as to be reasonably accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing those facilities.
(C) Water heater required. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot water at all times.
(D) Minimum floor area for sleeping purposes. Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one person shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor space and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one person shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor space for each occupant thereof.
(E) Exit requirement. Every rooming unit shall have safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level, as required by the State Building Code as adopted by reference in § 150.01 of this code of ordinances.
(F) Sanitary conditions. 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 or she 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.
(Prior Code, § 151.28) Penalty, see § 151.99