An owner may not allow occupancy of a dwelling unless the premises are clearly sanitary, fit for human occupancy, and comply with the provisions of this subchapter. Occupant responsibilities for sanitation shall include the occupant keeping the dwelling place and/or premises that the occupant controls in a clean and sanitary condition. The occupant must either store or dispose in a clean, safe and sanitary manner all garbage and rubbish. The occupant must keep solid waste containers in a clean and sanitary condition. When plastic bags are used, the occupant must manage storage and location of said garbage and rubbish in a manner that does not permit said garbage or rubbish to be a food source for rodents or other vectors. An occupant shall keep the premises free from accumulations from rubbish, garbage and junk vehicles. No owner shall allow the condition of any inhabited or unoccupied property to produce a health or safety hazard. No owner or occupant shall allow the condition of any inhabited or unoccupied property to cause or produce conditions in which rats, mosquitoes, and other disease vectors have food, shelter, or a place to breed. Every occupant of a single-family dwelling is responsible for extermination of insects or rats on the property. Every occupant of a multi-unit dwelling is responsible for extermination of insects or rats whenever his or her individual unit is the only unit infested. When infestation is caused by failure of the owner of the property to maintain a dwelling in a reasonably rat-proof or insect-proof condition, extermination is the responsibility of the owner.
(Ord. 2003-3B, passed 3-3-03
; Am. Ord. 2007-7F, passed 7-30-07) Penalty, see § 91.42(D)