(A) In the Business districts, goods and materials on sale shall be displayed in the window display portion of said establishments either on mannequins or display dummies or loosely along the floor of the window area in stacks not to exceed one (1) foot above the clear portion of the window.
(B) Interior or exterior signs in business districts. In the business districts, interior or exterior signs placed directly upon store windows, show windows or display windows shall at no time cover more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the window area. Only one (1) such sign shall be allowed in each window upon a white background with black lettering, professionally painted.
(C) Interior paper signs. In the business districts, interior paper signs placed directly upon store windows, show windows or display windows shall at no time cover more than twenty percent (20%) of the window area, whether the sign is attached to the window or not. Only one (1) such sign shall be allowed in each window upon a white background with black lettering, professionally painted. Only one (1) such sign shall be allowed at any one (1) time.
(D) Structural soundness and general maintenance, exterior. The exterior of every building shall be maintained in good repair, and all exterior surfaces thereof shall be kept painted or otherwise provided with a protective treatment where necessary for purposes of preservation and appearance. All exterior surfaces thereof shall be maintained free from broken glass, loose shingles or siding, crumbling masonry, excessively peeling paint or other condition reflective of deterioration or inadequate maintenance to the end that the building itself may be preserved, safety and fire hazards eliminated and adjoining properties and the neighborhood protected from blighting influences.
(E) General sanitation and safety. Floors shall be maintained in a structurally sound condition capable of safely bearing imposed loads and shall be maintained at all times in a condition so as to be free of hazards.
(F) Bathroom and water closet compartment floors shall be surfaced with water-resistant material and shall be kept in a dry, clean and sanitary condition at all times.
(G) All portions of any structure shall be kept structurally sound, free from deterioration and capable of safely bearing imposed loads.
(H) In buildings containing not more than four (4) occupancy units, it shall be the responsibility of each of the occupants and, in buildings containing more than four (4) occupancy units, it shall be the responsibility of the owner and operator to furnish such receptacles as are needed for the proper storage of garbage and rubbish until removal thereof and to provide for the periodic removal of all garbage and rubbish from the premises in accordance with the regulations and ordinances of the city.
(I) Storage bins, rooms and areas shall not be used for the storage of accumulated garbage and rubbish unless:
(1) Such garbage is stored in watertight receptacles of metal or other material approved by the Code Enforcement Officer and provided with tight-fitting covers.
(2) Such rubbish is stored in nonleaking receptacles of metal or other material approved by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(3) Such storage bins, rooms and areas are of smooth, easily cleanable construction and are kept in a sanitary condition. Such areas, if located outside of a building and visible from any public walk, street or public parking area, are shielded by a method approved by the Code Enforcement Officer and constructed in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Building Code of the city.
(4) Such area is of fireproof construction.
(J) Rubbish and garbage shall be placed or kept on the property within the building located thereon or not nearer to the street line than the building line or nearer to the street line than the face of the building, whichever distance from the street line is the greater, except during any cleanup week proclaimed by the city.
(K) Fllammable or combustible liquids or other materials shall not be stored on the premises, unless they are of a type approved for storage by regulation of the Fire Department and then only in such quantities and in such fireproof storage containers as may be prescribed by applicable Fire Department regulations.
(L) Every occupant of a single-occupancy unit in a building comprising a single-occupancy unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein or on the premises; and each occupant of an occupancy unit in any building which has more than one (1) occupancy unit shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his occupancy unit is the only one infested. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision of this section, whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner or operator to maintain any such building in a reasonably pestproof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner and operator. Whenever infestation exists in two (2) or more of the occupancy units in any building or in the common parts of any building containing two (2) or more occupancy units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner and operator.
(Ord. 262-2018, passed 5-22-18)