Sanitation facilities shall be installed and maintained in a safe and sanitary condition and shall be provided as hereinafter required.
(A) Dwelling unit. Each dwelling unit shall be provided with a bathroom equipped with facilities consisting of a water closet, lavatory and bathtub or shower.
(B) Rooming unit. Where a private water closet, lavatory and bathtub or shower are not provided, at least one bathroom accessible from a public hallway shall be provided. These facilities shall be provided for each multiple of eight persons or fractions thereof. When rooming units are provided in a private, owner occupied dwelling, including the owner’s family, they may share the use of the facility, provided the facilities are shared by no more than the maximum number of persons allowed herein.
(C) Kitchen. Each dwelling unit shall be provided with a kitchen which shall be equipped with a sink of an approved non-absorbent material.
(D) Fixtures. All plumbing fixtures shall be connected to an approved system of water supply and provided with hot and cold running water except water closets shall be provided with cold water only. All waste lines shall be connected to a sanitary sewer or an approved private sewage disposal system. All fixtures shall meet the applicable Building Code standards. The use of p-traps shall be required on all waste lines per the State Building Code.
(E) Room separations. Each water closet, bathtub or shower required by this chapter shall be installed in a room which will afford privacy to the user. A room in which a water closet is provided shall be separated from food-preparation rooms by a tight-fitting door.
(F) Bathroom accessibility. Where both facilities are shared by two or more rooming units, the bath shall not be so located that any occupant must pass through another occupant’s room to use the facility.
(Ord. 253, passed 10-5-2005; Ord. 261, passed 5-7-2008)