(A) The following are the occupant’s responsibility:
(1) To keep the dwelling, dwelling unit and premises he or she controls and occupies in a clean and sanitary condition;
(2) To dispose of rubbish and garbage in a clean and sanitary manner as prescribed by city regulations;
(3) To hang and remove screens and storm doors and windows provided by the owner, except where the owner has agreed to supply such services;
(4) To keep plumbing fixtures therein in a clean and sanitary condition and to exercise reasonable care in the proper use and operation thereof; and
(5) To exterminate in the following cases:
(a) The occupant of a single dwelling is responsible for extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein or on the premises; and
(b) The occupant of a single dwelling unit in a multiple unit structure is responsible for extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests if his or her unit is the only unit infested.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, whenever infestation is caused by the failure of the owner to maintain the dwelling in a rodent-proof or reasonably insect-proof condition, the occupant is not responsible for extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein.
(C) No occupant shall willfully destroy, deface or impair any of the facilities, equipment or any part of the structure of a dwelling unit, dwelling, multi-dwelling or apartment.
(D) (1) It shall be unlawful for the owner or occupant of a dwelling to utilize the premises of such dwelling for the open storage of any abandoned motor vehicle, obsolete appliances, glass and building material, building rubbish or similar items.
(2) It shall be the duty and responsibility of every such owner or occupant to keep the premises of such residential property clean and to remove from the premises all such abandoned items, as listed above, including, but not limited to, weeds, litter, dead trees, trash or garbage upon notice from the Building Inspector.
(E) For the purpose of this section, an
ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE is defined as one that is in a state of disrepair and incapable of being moved under its own power.
(2005 Code, § 9-802)