(A) Every owner, agent or person in possession, charge or control of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall be responsible for maintaining the shared or public area of the dwelling and premises thereof in a clean and sanitary condition.
(B) Every occupant of the dwelling or dwelling unit shall keep that part of the dwelling, dwelling unit and premises thereof which he or she occupies and controls in a clean and sanitary condition.
(C) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall dispose of all his or her rubbish, garbage and any other waste which might provide food for rodents, in a clean and sanitary manner, by placing it in the garbage disposal facilities or garbage storage containers required by § 150.165(F).
(D) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall be responsible for hanging all screens whenever the same are required under the provisions of this subchapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, except where the owner has agreed to supply the service.
(E) Every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein or on the premises, and every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination whenever his or her dwelling unit is the only one infested. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this division (E), whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a rat-proof or reasonably insect-proof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(F) Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall keep all plumbing fixtures therein in a clean and sanitary condition and shall be responsible for the exercise of reasonable care in the proper use and operation thereof.
(1990 Code, § 6-285) (Ord. 63-722, passed 7-29-1963; Ord. 18-3568, passed 6-18-2018)