(a) Purpose. The purpose of this Section is to establish the responsibility of owners, operators, and occupants of residential buildings.
(b) Responsibilities. The responsibilities of owners, operators, and occupants of residential buildings are as follows:
(1) Every owner of a dwelling shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition all shared, communal or public areas of the residential building and premises thereof.
(2) Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall keep in a clean, safe, and sanitary condition that part of the residential building and premises thereof which he/she occupies and controls, except the operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors, ceilings, and every other part of the rooming house.
(3) Every occupant of a dwelling containing more than one (I) dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents, or other pests therein or on the premises and every occupant of a dwelling unit in a residential building shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his/her dwelling unit is the only one infested. However, when infestation is caused by the failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a rodent-proof or substantially insect-proof, or if termites infest the dwelling unit, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(4) Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall maintain all plumbing fixtures therein in a clean and sanitary condition.
(5) The owner or operator shall not occupy or let to another for occupancy any space in a residential dwelling unless it is clean, sanitary, fit for human occupancy, complies with the requirements of this Chapter and the Wisconsin Administrative Code and compliance inspections/orders thereunder.