No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or let to another for occupancy any dwelling unit for the purpose of living therein which does not comply with the following requirements.
(A) Exterior doors, including any exterior basement entrance and every exterior window, shall be supplied with a lock. The owner must supply locks, and the owner and occupant shall have the right to the key or keys for entry to the leased space.
(B) Every plumbing fixture, water pipe and waste pipe shall be properly installed and maintained in good, sanitary working condition, free from defects, leaks and obstructions.
(C) Every toilet room floor and bathroom floor surface shall be constructed and maintained so as to be reasonably impervious to water, and so as to permit such floor to be easily kept in a clean and sanitary condition.
(D) No owner, operator or occupant shall cause any service, facility, equipment or utility which is required under this chapter to be removed from, shut off from or discontinued from any occupied dwelling or dwelling unit let or occupied by him or her except for such temporary interruption as may be necessary when actual repairs or alterations are in progress, or during temporary emergencies when discontinuance of service is approved by the Code Enforcement Officer.
(E) Every dwelling unit shall have its own metering system for natural gas, water, electricity or any other utility provided in the dwelling. If this requirement is not met, then the owner of the dwelling must have the utilities which are not metered separately in his or her own name.
(Ord. 2020-11, passed 12-7-2020) Penalty, see § 152.99