Whenever any owner or agent of any building in the Town shall rent, lease or hire out to be occupied, any building or part thereof, as a home or residence of more than two families living independently of one another, or a building to different persons for stores and offices in said building, giving to each family or person the common right to hall, yards, water closets, privies, or some of them, then such owner or agent shall be liable for the condition of said hall, yards, water closets, privies, and said owner or agent may also be made a defendant in a prosecution for the violation of any of the provisions of this article and be subject to fine, the same as the occupant of the premises. Any prosecution for violation of this section may be maintained against the owner, occupants or agents of the premises, or either, or all of said parties.
(Ord. 11-04.)