A person is guilty of failure to abide by rooming house regulations when he or she operates, occupies, lets or sublets to another for occupancy any rooming unit in any rooming house and he or she:
(A) Fails to acquire a valid rooming house license; or
(B) Fails to supply for each four rooms within the rooming house, wherever those facilities are shared, at least the following:
(1) At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin, and bathtub or shower, each of which is properly connected to an approved water and sewer system and in good working condition; and
(2) Ensures that the facilities are located on the floor they serve within the dwelling so as to be reasonably accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing those facilities;
(C) Fails to at all times supply with each lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, hot water; and
(D) Fails to provide for at least 70 square feet of floor space per primary occupant, and an additional 50 square feet of floor space for each additional person occupying the room; and
(E) Fails to provide for each rooming unit a safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to a safe and open space at ground level; and
(F) Fails to provide for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors, and ceilings, and for the sanitary maintenance of every other part of the rooming house; and
(G) Fails to provide for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises, including the grounds, or structure where the room, rooms, or building is leased or occupied; and
(H) Fails to provide for a minimum of two safe and accessible exits to ground level for any occupied floor above or below ground level; and
(I) Fails to provide a minimum of one operational, battery supplied smoke alarm per floor; or
(J) In the case of apartment units, fails to provide a minimum of one operational smoke alarm per floor for each occupied apartment unit.
(Ord. 2009-005, passed 7-13-09) Penalty, see § 151.999