§ 155.06 ROOMING HOUSES.

   No person shall operate a rooming house or shall let to another for occupancy any room unless such rooming house or room satisfies the following requirements.

   (A)   Each rooming house and room shall be in compliance with the minimum standards set forth in §§ 155.02 and 155.03, except for requirements as to bathroom availability, which are specified in divisions (B) and (C) below.

   (B)   Each rooming house shall be equipped with at least one flush water closet, one lavatory and one tub or shower for each ten persons or fraction thereof within the rooming house, including members of the operator’s family, if they are to share the use of the facilities; all such facilities shall be properly connected to the water supply pipes and sewer system.

   (C)   Each flush water closet, lavatory, tub or shower required above shall be located within the rooming house, in a room or rooms, which:

      (1)   Affords privacy;

      (2)   Is accessible by a common hall without going outside the rooming house;

      (3)   Is accessible by a common hall without going through sleeping quarters of others; and

      (4)   Is not more than one story removed from the room of an occupant intended to share the facilities.

   (D)   Clean bed linen and towels shall be supplied by the operator at least once each week and prior to the letting of any room to any occupant.

   (E)   The operator shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of each room to be let, and the entire rooming house and premises under the operator’s control.

(Ord. 950.5, passed 7-1-1982)