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GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 151.01 TITLE.
   This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Housing and Unsafe building Code.
('76 Code, § 210.01(A))
§ 151.02 SCOPE.
   This chapter shall apply to every building, structure, or appurtenances connected or attached to buildings or structures.
('76 Code, § 210.01(B))
§ 151.03 DEFINITIONS.
   For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   "APPROVED." Constructed, installed, and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and other pertinent ordinances of the city.
   "BOARD." The Board of Building and Housing Appeals established by this chapter.
   "BUILDING." Any building or structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for shelter, occupancy, or enclosure of persons, animals, or chattel.
   "BUILDING INSPECTOR." The public officer or other authority charged with the administration of this chapter, or his duly authorized representative.
   "DWELLING." Any building or mobile home, or part thereof, used and occupied for human habitation, or intended to be so used; provided that "temporary housing" as defined below shall not be regarded as a "DWELLING".
   "DWELLING UNIT." Any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with living, sleeping, cooking, eating, and sanitary facilities.
   "EXTERMINATION." The control and elimination of insects, rodents, or other pests by eliminating their harborage places by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping, or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination method.
   "GARBAGE." The animal and vegetable waste resulting form the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food.
   "HABITABLE ROOM." A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closets, compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers, communicating corridors, closets, or storage space.
   "INFESTATION." The presence within or around a dwelling of any insects, rodents, or other pests.
   "MOBILE HOME." Any vehicle or similar portable structure on wheels, jacks, or permanent foundation and so designed or constructed as to permit occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
   "OCCUPANT." Any person living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit, building, or portion of a building.
   "OWNER." A holder of any legal or equitable title in the premises, whether alone or jointly with others, and whether in possession or not; or any person who shall have charge, care, or control of any dwelling, dwelling unit, or building as owner, or agent of the owner, or as executor, administrator, trustee, or guardian of the estate of the owner.
   "PARTIES IN INTEREST." All individuals, associations, and corporations who have interests of record in a dwelling or building any who are in possession thereof.
   "PLUMBER." A person licensed to do plumbing work.
   "PLUMBING." The art of installing in buildings: the pipes for distributing the water supply; the fixtures for using water and drainage pipes for recovering wastes, water, and sewage; together with the fittings and appurtenances of various kinds; all within or adjacent to the building and including the service pipe which forms the connection between the shut-off valve, the curb line, the building, and the house sewer, which conveys the waste water and sewage from the building to the street sewer or other point of disposal. The house sewer includes private sewage disposal contraptions or other methods and storm or rain water pipings, if the waste water or sewage is discharged through or connection with the house sewer or house drain.
   "PORTABLE WATER." Water duly approved as satisfactory for drinking.
   "PREMISES." A platted lot, or part thereof, or unplatted parcel, or plot of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any dwelling or nondwelling structure.
   "PUBLIC HALL." Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living, and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.
   "RUBBISH." All waste materials except garbage, and shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke, and other combustible material, paper rags, carton boxes, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, materials, metals, mineral matters, glass, crockery, and dust.
   "TEMPORARY HOUSING." Any tent, travel trailer or other portable structure, or vehicle used for human habitation or shelter which is not attached to the ground, another building, or structure, or any utility for more than 30 days consecutively.
('76 Code, § 210.10)
CONDITIONS WARRANTING FINDINGS OF UNFITNESS AND UNSAFENESS
§ 151.15 ESTABLSISHMENT OF STANDARDS; COMPLIANCE.
   (A)   The Building Inspector may determine that a building is unfit for human habitation or that any building is unsafe, if he finds that conditions exist in the dwelling or other building which are dangerous or injurious to the health, safety, or morals, of the occupants of neighboring buildings or the general public. In making the determinations he shall be guided (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) by the standards and conditions established in §§ 151.16 and 151.17 of this chapter.
('76 Code, § 210.11(A))
   (B)   No person shall occupy as owner, or occupant, or let to another for occupancy any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, or rooming house for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking, or eating therein, which does not comply with the requirements of §§ 151.16 and 151.17 of this chapter, nor shall any persons use as owner, or lend to another for use of any kind, any building which is unfit and unsafe as determined by the standards of this chapter.
('76 Code, § 210.11(B)) Penalty, see § 151.99 
§ 151.16 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR BASIC EQUIPMENT AND FACILITATES.
   (A)   Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink in good working condition.
   (B)   Every dwelling unit shall have a room which affords privacy to a person within the room which is equipped with a flush water closet and a lavatory basin in good working condition.
   (C)   Every dwelling unit shall contain within a room which affords privacy to a person within the room, a bathtub or shower in good working condition.
   (D)   Every kitchen sink, lavatory basin, bathtub, or shower required under the provisions of this chapter shall be properly connected with both hot and cold water lines.
   (E)   Every dwelling unit shall have supplied water-heating facilities which are properly installed according to applicable laws and regulations for the city and state, properly connected with the hot water lines, required under the provisions of this chapter and are capable for heating water to a temperature as to permit an adequate amount of water to be drawn at every required kitchen sink, lavatory basin, bathtub, or shower at a temperature of not less than 120° F. The supplied water-heating devices shall be capable of meeting the requirements of this division when the dwelling, or dwelling unit heating facilities, required under the provisions of this chapter, are not in operation.
   (F)   Every dwelling, dwelling unit, or rooming house shall be supplied with a potable water supply system.
   (G)   All plumbing fixtures installed within a dwelling shall be properly connected to a sewer line or lines that discharge into a public sewage system, or if no public system is available, into a private or jointly-owned system meeting the requirements of the county and state health departments.
   (H)   Every dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage storage facilities or disposal facilities, or garbage storage containers.
   (I)   Every dwelling unit shall have safe, unobstructed exits leading to safe and open space at ground level, as required by the laws and regulations of the state and city.
('76 Code, § 210.11(C)) Penalty, see § 151.99 
§ 151.17 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LIGHT, VENTILATION, AND HEATING.
   (A)   Every habitable room shall have at least one window or skylight facing directly to the outdoors. The minimum total window space (area), measured between stops, for every habitable dwelling room shall be 10% of the floor area of the room. Whenever walls or other portions of structures face a window of any room, and the light- obstructing structures are located less than three feet from the window and extend to a level above that of the ceiling of the room, the window shall not be deemed to face directly to the outdoors and shall not be included as contributing to the required minimum total window area. Whenever the only window in a room is a skylight-type window in the top of the room, the total window area of the skylight shall equal at least 15% of the total floor area of the room.
   (B)   Every habitable room shall have one window or skylight that can easily be opened, or such other device as will adequately ventilate the room. The total openable window in every habitable room shall be equal to at least 45% of the minimum window area size and minimum skylight-type window size, as required in this chapter, except where there is supplied some other device affording adequate ventilation and approved by the Building Inspector
   (C)   Every bathroom and water closet compartment shall comply with the light and ventilation requirements for habitable rooms contained in divisions (A) and (B) above, except that no window or skylight shall be required where the bathroom and water closet compartments are equipped with a ventilation system which provides ventilation equivalent to that in (B) above.
   (D)   Where there is electric service available from power lines, which are not more than 300 feet away from a dwelling, every habitable room of the dwelling shall contain at least two separate floor- or wall-type electric outlets, or one such convenient outlet and one supplied ceiling-type electric light fixture, and every water compartment, bathroom, laundry room, furnace room and public hall shall contain at least one supplied ceiling- or wall-type electric light fixture. Every outlet shall be properly installed, shall be maintained in good and safe working condition, and shall be connected to the source of electric power in a safe manner.
   (E)   Every dwelling shall have heating facilities which are installed and maintained in accordance with the Kentucky Revised Standards of Safety, and are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and water closet compartments in every dwelling unit located therein to a temperature of at least 70° F. at a distance of three feet above floor level, when the outside temperature is 0° F. Fuel-burning space heaters located in sleeping rooms or rooms generally kept closed shall be connected up to a suitable chimney, flue, or gas vent. There shall be supplied an adequate air supply for combustion through one or more openings to the outside, or by means of fixed openings to interior spaces which open to the exterior.
('76 Code, § 210.11(D)) Penalty, see § 151.99 
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