(B) At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, properly connected to a water and sewer system meeting the requirements of the State Department of Public Health and in good working condition, shall be supplied for each six persons or fraction thereof residing within a roominghouse, including members of the operator’s family wherever they share the use of the facilities; provided, that in a roominghouse where rooms are let only to males, flush urinals may be substituted for not more than one-half the required number of water closets. All the facilities shall be so located within the dwelling as to be reasonably accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing the facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot water at all times.
(C) Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one person 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 thereof.
(D) Every rooming unit shall have safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level as required by the laws of this state and the city.
(E) The operator of every roominghouse shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors and ceilings and for the maintenance of a sanitary condition in every part of the roominghouse; and he or she shall be further responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire structure or building is leased or occupied by him or her, where bedding, bed linen or towels are supplied, the owner or operator shall maintain the bedding in a clean and sanitary manner, and he or she shall furnish clean bed linen and towels at least once each week and prior to the letting of any room to any occupant.
(F) Every provision of this section which applies to roominghouses shall also apply to hotels and motels except to the extent that the provision may be found in conflict with the laws of this state.
(1990 Code, § 6-286) (Ord. 63-722, passed 7-29-1963; Ord. 63-741, passed 12-16-1963; Ord. 69-6, passed 1-20-1969; Ord. 18-3568, passed 6-18-2018) Penalty, see §
150.999