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CONDITIONS WARRANTING FINDINGS OF UNFITNESS AND UNSAFENESS
(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
(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
(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
(A) Every dwelling unit shall contain at least 150 feet of floor space for the first occupant, and at least 100 additional square feet of floor space for each additional occupant, the floor spaces to be calculated on the basis of the total allowable habitable floor area of the room.
(B) In every dwelling unit of two or more rooms, every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor space and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one person shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor space for each occupant, except for children under the age of seven years sleeping rooms may contain 35 feet of floor space per child.
(C) No dwelling of dwelling unit containing two or more sleeping rooms shall have such room arrangements that access to a bathroom or water closet intended for use by occupants of both rooms is such that the occupants of one room must go through the other sleeping room.
(D) At least one-half of the floor area of every habitable room shall have a ceiling height of at least seven fee; and the floor area of that part of any room where the ceiling is less than five feet shall not be considered a part of the floor area in computing the total area of the room for the purposes of determining the maximum permissible occupancy thereof.
(E) No basement or cellar shall be used as a habitable room or dwelling unit unless: the floors and walls are impervious to leakage of underground and surface water runoff, and are insulated against dampness; the total window area in each room is equal to at least the minimum window area sizes as required in § 151.17 (A) of this chapter; the required minimum window area is located entirely above the grade of the ground adjoining the window area, and the total of openable window area of each room is equal to at least the minimum as required by § 151.17 (B) of this chapter except where there is supplied some other device affording adequate ventilation and approved by the Building Inspector; there are adequate exits as required by state and city laws and regulations.
('76 Code, § 210.11(E)) Penalty, see § 151.99
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