(a) Responsibility of Owner. Responsibility of owners and occupants include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
(1) Access to unit. Every owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall give the occupant thereof twenty-four hours advance notice before entering for the purpose of making necessary repairs, alterations, or maintenance inspections.
(2) Garbage disposal and rubbish storage. Every owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall provide and maintain adequate garbage disposal and rubbish storage receptacles for dwellings containing four or more dwelling units or a suitable location for these receptacles for dwellings containing one, or three dwelling units.
(3) Plumbing. The owner shall provide and maintain all water-heating and plumbing facilities as required by this Code.
(4) Electrical. The owner shall provide and maintain all electrical power lines, outlets, fixtures, and other facilities required by this Code and is responsible for proper fusing.
(5) Pest elimination. The owner is responsible for elimination of any insects, rats, or other pests in a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units and on the premises thereof. He is also responsible whenever the infestation is caused by improper rat-proofing of the premises.
(6) Clean and sanitary maintenance. The owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or common areas of the dwelling and the premises thereof.
(7) Fire prevention. The owner is responsible for fire prevention requirements under Section 1331.09(i).
(8) Rat-proofing. The owner shall maintain a dwelling in a rat-proof condition under the requirements in Section 1331.09(j).
(9) Space requirements. No owner shall knowingly let any dwelling or dwelling unit for occupancy which does not meet the minimum requirements for flood space and occupancy as set by this Code.
(10) Other requirements. The owner shall provide and maintain all required screening except where there is a written agreement between the owner and the occupant which places this responsibility on the occupant.
(11) Every owner of a dwelling shall provide to each tenant in writing and post by the fuse box, heating equipment, mailbox or other obvious central location in each dwelling his name, address, and business and residence telephone numbers or those of his agent or resident manager to whom he assigns responsibility for the maintenance of the dwelling. A post office box number shall be unacceptable for the address requirement of this provision.
(12) Every owner shall be responsible for compliance with the standards set forth in this Code except those sections specifically designated to the occupant.
(b) Responsibility of Occupant.
(1) Access to unit. Upon reasonable advance notice every occupant or person in control of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall give the owner thereof access to any part of such dwelling or dwelling unit for the purpose of making necessary repairs, alterations, or maintenance inspections.
(2) Garbage disposal and rubbish storage. The occupant of dwellings containing one, two or three dwelling units shall provide and maintain adequate garbage disposal and rubbish storage receptacles.
(3) Plumbing. The occupant shall keep all plumbing fixtures such as toilets, basins and sinks in a clean and sanitary condition and avoid the deposit of any material which may obstruct and interfere with the proper function thereof.
(4) Electricity. The occupant is responsible for proper usage of all internal electrical power lines, outlets, fixtures, other facilities required by this Code, proper extension cord usage, and proper fusing.
(5) Heating. The occupant shall regulate the heating facilities to maintain above freezing temperatures at all times in all portions of the dwelling or dwelling unit within the functional capability of the equipment whenever these heating facilities of the dwelling or dwelling unit are under his control.
(6) Pest elimination. The occupant is responsible for elimination of any insects, rats, or other pests within that part of the premises occupied and controlled by him in a single family dwelling or in a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units if his unit is the only one infested unless infestation of the premises was caused by the improper rat-proofing.
(7) Clean and sanitary maintenance. Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit and premises thereof which he occupies and controls shall keep the same in a clean and sanitary condition. In two family and row units, the yard area extending from the structure to the front and the rear which is adjacent and contiguous to each unit shall be construed to be the responsibility of the occupant of that unit. Clean and sanitary maintenance shall include, but not be limited to, keeping all floors and walking surfaces free of dirt, filth, garbage, human and animal waste, litter, refuse and other unsanitary matter and keeping all walls, ceilings, windows and doorways clean and free of dirt, greasy film, soot and other unsanitary matter. Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall dispose of all his rubbish, garbage and ashes in the receptacles provided. Discarded or abandoned articles of such bulk as to preclude disposal in such receptacles shall be conveyed by the occupant to an appropriate municipal or approved private disposal area.
(8) Fire prevention. Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit is responsible for fire prevention requirements regarding storage of flammable liquids and storage of materials as covered under Section 1331.09(i).
(9) Rat-proofing. Where it is determined that rat infestation exists, no occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall stack materials on the exterior of the premises, against the structure or any accessory structure or stack any materials unless such stack is elevated twelve inches from the ground.
(10) Space requirements. Every occupant shall limit occupancy of that part of the premises which he occupies or controls to the maximum permitted by this Code.
(11) Other requirements. The occupant of any dwelling or dwelling unit shall not obstruct in any manner any required means of egress.
(12) Willful destruction. The occupant of any dwelling or dwelling unit shall not willfully destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove from the premises any of the facilities, equipment, appurtenances or any part of the structure thereof.
(13) Storage of medicines, poisons, etc. The occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit is responsible for storing all medicines, cleaning fluids, poisons, and other household chemicals in a locked cabinet or by other means so as to make these substantially inaccessible to children.
(Ord. 89-21. Passed 5-1-89.)