§ 152.010 RESPONSIBILITIES OF OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS.

   In addition to other applicable provisions of this chapter, owners and occupants shall comply with the respective responsibilities imposed upon them by this section.

   (A)   Every occupant of a dwelling unit must:

      (1)   Keep that part of the dwelling unit which he or she occupies and controls in a clean, sanitary, and safe condition;

      (2)   Keep the supplied plumbing fixtures therein clean and sanitary and be responsible for the exercise of reasonable care in their proper use and operation;

      (3)   If a resident in a single-family dwelling unit, exterminate any insects, rodents, or other pests therein or on the premises, and if resident in a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one family exterminate insects, pests, and rodents whenever his or her dwelling unit is the only one in the dwelling infested, except as provided in division (B)(3) below;

      (4)   Dispose of all garbage, trash, and other refuse only in the containers required and in the manner prescribed in §§ 55.001 through 55.061;

      (5)   Hang and remove all screens required for his or her dwelling unit by this chapter unless the owner has agreed to supply the service;

      (6)   Not place on the premises any material which causes a fire hazard or otherwise endangers the health or safety of any occupant of the dwelling nor place in storage on the premises any furniture, equipment, or material which harbors insects, rodents, or other pests;

      (7)   Not permit any dwelling unit let to him or her to be occupied so that any occupancy resulting therefrom violates any of the provisions of this chapter;

      (8)   Provide heating facilities for that part of the dwelling unit he or she occupies unless the facilities are provided by the owner. Gas appliances or water heating facilities shall not be considered as heating facilities within the meaning of this section; and

      (9)   Every plumbing fixture furnished by the occupant of a dwelling unit shall be properly installed and shall be maintained in good working condition, kept clean and sanitary, and free of defects, leaks, or obstructions.

   (B)   Every owner or operator must:

      (1)   Comply with the requirements imposed on him or her by this chapter;

      (2)   Maintain in a clean, sanitary, and safe condition the shared or public areas of the dwelling or premises, and maintain and repair any equipment of a type specified in this chapter which he or she supplies or is required to supply;

      (3)   Exterminate any insects, rodents, or other pests in any dwelling unit if infestation is caused by the failure of the owner or operator to maintain the dwelling in a ratproof or reasonable insect proof condition and he or she must exterminate the pests in any dwelling unit in the dwelling, regardless of the cause of infestation if infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in the dwelling or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units;

      (4)   Supply and maintain the facilities for refuse disposal which are required of him or her by §§ 55.001 through 55.011, 55.025 through 55.033, 55.045 through 55.049, 55.060, and 55.061;

      (5)   Supply bed linen and towels therein at least once each week and prior to the letting of any room to another occupant. The operator shall be responsible for the maintenance of all supplied bedding in a clean and sanitary manner; and

      (6)   No owner shall shut off or shall cause to have discontinued or disconnected provided utilities for any occupied dwelling unit except where the interruption of utility service is necessary while in the actual process of making repairs or during temporary emergencies for which repairs are being arranged.

(Prior Code, § 152.10) Penalty, see § 10.999