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(a) Minimum Basic Facilities. No person shall let to another for occupancy, any dwelling unit for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking and eating therein which does not comply with the following minimum basic facilities:
(1) Every dwelling unit shall contain all of the following:
A. A water closet;
B. A bathtub or shower;
C. A lavatory;
D. A kitchen sink apart from the lavatory;
E. Heating facilities capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms to a temperature of at least an average of
68° F. with an outside temperature of 0° F.;
F. Water heating facilities capable of heating water at a temperature of not less than 120° F. to be drawn at every kitchen sink, lavatory, bathtub or shower, and laundry facility or other similar unit;
G. At least two separate and remote electric outlets, one of which may be a ceiling or walltype electric light fixture in all habitable spaces;
H. Three separate and remote electric outlets or two electric outlets and one ceiling or walltype electric light fixture in the kitchen;
I. At least one electric outlet in every bathroom and laundry room.
(2) Every kitchen sink, lavatory basin, bathtub or shower and water closet shall:
A. Be properly connected to an approved water and sewer system;
B. Be supplied with hot and cold running water.
(Ord. 95-1. Passed 2-20-95.)
(a) Infestation. All structures and accessory structures shall be kept free from infestation, and where such conditions are found, the condition shall be promptly rectified by processes which will not be injurious to human health. After extermination, proper precautions shall be taken to prevent reinfestation.
(Ord. 95-1. Passed 2-20-95.)
(a) No dwelling, multi-family dwelling, dwelling unit, or rooming unit shall be located in any structure containing any establishment handling, dispensing or storing flammable liquids with a flash point of 110° F. or lower.
(b) All cooking, heating, and water heating equipment, components, and accessories shall be maintained free from leaks and obstructions, and shall function free from fire and health hazards.
(c) No occupant of a multiple dwelling shall use a kerosene heater or other form of portable gas or liquid heater in such dwelling unit.
(Ord. 95-1. Passed 2-20-95.)
(a) Square Footage Required.
(1) Every dwelling unit shall contain a minimum gross floor area of not less that 150 feet for the first occupant, and 100 square feet for each additional occupant. The floor area shall be calculated on the basis of the total area of all habitable rooms. In any room in any dwelling unit there shall be provided fifty square feet of living area for each adult and twenty-five square feet of living area for each child under twelve years of age occupying such room.
(2) In calculating the floor area of attics or top half-stories, only those portions of the floor area of the room having a clear ceiling height of five feet or more shall be included.
(b) Ceiling Height. Habitable rooms in existing structures or accessory structures shall have a clear ceiling height over the minimum area required by this Code of not less than seven and one-third feet, except that in attics or top half-stories the ceiling height shall be not less than seven feet or not less than one-third of the minimum area required by this Code when used for sleeping, study or similar activity.
(c) Public Access. No habitable room, bathroom or water closet compartment in any dwelling unit shall open directly into or shall be used in conjunction with a food store, barber or beauty shop, doctor's or dentist's examination or treatment room or similar room used for public purposes.
(d) Access to Bathrooms and Water Closet Compartments. No structure or dwelling unit containing two or more sleeping rooms shall have each room arrangement such that access to a bathroom or water closet compartment intended to be used by occupants of more than one sleeping room can be obtained only by access through another sleeping room, nor shall the room arrangement be such that access to a sleeping room can be obtained only by access through another sleeping room or a bathroom or water closet compartment. Existing one-family dwellings where there are no lodgers are exempt from the requirement concerning access through a first sleeping room. (Ord. 95-1. Passed 2-20-95.)