(a) Every person who operates a rooming house, or who occupies or lets to another for occupancy any rooming unit in any rooming house, shall comply with the provisions of every section of this Housing code, except as provided in the following sections:
(1) Water closet, hand lavatory and bath facilities. At least one water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower properly connected to an approved water and sewer system and in good working condition, shall be supplied for each four rooms within a rooming house wherever such facilities are shared. All such facilities shall be located within the residence building served and shall be directly accessible from a common hall or passageway and shall be not more than one-story removed from any of the persons sharing such facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot and cold water at all times. Such required facilities shall not be located in a cellar.
(2) Minimum floor area for sleeping purposes. Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least seventy square feet of floor area and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than three persons shall contain at least fifty square feet of floor area for each occupant thereof.
(3) Bed linen and towels. The operator of every rooming house shall 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.
(4) Shades, drapes, etc. Every window of every rooming unit shall be supplied with shades, drawn drapes or other devices or material which, when properly used, will afford privacy to the occupant of the rooming unit.
(5) Sanitary conditions. The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors and ceilings and for the sanitary maintenance of every other part of the rooming house. He shall be further responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire structure or building within which the rooming house is contained is leased or occupied by the operator.
(6) Sanitary facilities. Every water closet, flush urinal, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower required by paragraph (1) hereof shall be located within the rooming house and within a room or rooms which:
A. Afford privacy and are separate from the habitable rooms;
B. Are accessible from a common hall and without going outside the rooming house or through any other room therein.
(Ord. 59, 1969.)