Section
General Provisions
152.01 Definitions
152.02 Responsibilities of owners and occupants
152.03 Duties of trustees and agents
152.04 Entry powers for inspection purposes
152.05 Notice of violations; contents and service
152.06 Hearing before Review Board
152.07 Record of hearing
152.08 Enforcement order; revocation of permits
152.09 Appeal from decision of Board of Health
152.10 Compliance with orders required
152.11 Emergency action by Review Board
152.12 Emergency suspension
Maintenance Requirements
152.15 Compliance
152.16 Safe and effective construction or installation
152.17 Fitness for occupancy
152.18 Discontinuance of facilities
152.19 Health or safety hazards
152.20 Rat harborage
152.21 Foundation and frame
152.22 Exterior openings
152.23 Stairs and porches
152.24 Bathroom floors
152.25 Gutters and downspouts
152.26 Plumbing fixtures
Minimum Space, Use, and Location Requirements
152.30 Compliance
152.31 Use of basement as dwelling unit
152.32 Living space
152.33 Sleeping space
152.34 Access of sleeping rooms to bathrooms
152.35 Method of computing floor area
152.36 Ceiling height
Minimum Basic Equipment and Facilities
152.40 Compliance
152.41 Kitchen sink
152.42 Toilet and bath facilities
152.43 Shared toilet facilities
152.44 Rubbish storage facilities
152.45 Private sewage disposal systems
152.46 Garbage disposal
152.47 Exits
152.48 Water supply
152.49 Water heaters
152.50 Hot and cold waterlines
Minimum Standards for Light, Ventilation, and Heating
152.55 Compliance
152.56 Windows
152.57 Ventilation
152.58 Bathroom lighting and ventilation
152.59 Minimum heat
152.60 Heating facilities
152.61 Lighting halls and stairways
152.62 Screens
152.63 Rodent protection
152.64 Electrical outlets
Rooming Houses and Hotels
152.70 Compliance
152.71 Application to hotels
152.72 Plumbing facilities
152.73 Bed linen and towels
152.74 Sleeping area
152.75 Sanitary condition and maintenance
152.76 Violations
Unfit Dwellings
152.80 Definition
152.81 Condemnation and placarding
152.82 Vacating condemned building
152.83 Reuse of condemned structure
152.84 Removal of placard
152.85 Hearing before Review Board
152.99 Penalty
Cross-reference:
Buildings, see Ch. 150
Fire prevention, see Ch. 94
Mobile homes, see § 150.35
Rental housing, see Ch. 159
Sewers and sewage disposal, see Ch. 50
Subdivisions, see Ch. 155
Water, see Ch. 51
Statutory reference:
Power of city to regulate the condition and maintenance of structures, see IC 36-7-2-2 through 36-7-2-5
GENERAL PROVISIONS
For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
"BASEMENT." A portion of a building located partly underground, but having less than two-thirds of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
"CELLAR." A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground, and having two-thirds of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
"DWELLING." A building which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants, provided that temporary housing shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
"DWELLING UNITS." Any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling forming a single habitable unit when those units possess facilities which are used, or intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating, or any mobile home.
"ENFORCEMENT OFFICER." The Health Officer or the Building Inspector or their duly authorized agents.
"EXTERMINATION." The control and elimination of insects, rodents, or other pests by eliminating their harborage places, by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food, by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping, or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by the enforcement officer.
"GARBAGE." The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food.
"HABITABLE ROOM." A room of enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers, or communicating corridors, closets, and storage spaces.
"HEALTH OFFICER." The person employed by the County Board of Health as its chief administrative officer.
"INFESTATION." The presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents, or other pests.
"MOBILE HOME." Any vehicle which is construed to permit its being used as a conveyance on the public streets and highways, and which is designed and constructed to permit its occupancy as a dwelling or sleeping place for one or more persons and which has no foundation other than wheels, jacks, skirting, or other temporary support.
"MULTIPLE DWELLING." Any dwelling containing more than two dwelling units.
"OCCUPANT." Any person, over one year of age, living, sleeping, cooking or eating in, or having actual possession of, a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
"OPERATOR." Any person who has charge, care, or control of a building, or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
"ORDINARY MINIMUM WINTER CONDITIONS." The temperature 15°F. above the lowest recorded temperature for the previous ten year period.
"OWNER." Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, provided, that when- ever the dwelling or dwelling unit is subject to conditional sale contract, lease with option to purchase, or any other form of written contract under the terms of which any person is entitled to a conveyance of legal title on payment of a specified sum, the term owner shall mean the person who has such contractual right, rather than the person holding legal title, or has charge, care or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as executor, executrix, trustees, receiver, or guardian of the owner.
"PLUMBING." All gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents, and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer, or gas lines.
"REVIEW BOARD." The County Board of Health when the decision under review involves the Health Officer acting in the capacity of Enforcement Officer or the Board of Public Works and Safety when the decision under review involves the Building Inspector acting in the capacity of the Enforcement Officer.
"ROOMING HOUSE." Any dwelling or that part of any dwelling con- taining one or more rooming units, in which space is let by the owners or operator to five or more persons who are not husband or wife, son or daughter, mother or father, or sister or brother of the owner or operator.
"ROOMING UNIT." Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.
"RUBBISH." Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, leaves, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, and dust.
"SUPPLIED." Paid for, furnished or provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
"TEMPORARY HOUSING." Any tent, mobile home, or other structure used for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to another structure, or to any utilities system on the same premises for more than 30 days.
('75 Code, § 13-1) (Ord. 3918, passed 10-9-67)
(A) Every owner of a dwelling containing more than four dwelling units shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or public area of the dwelling and premises thereof.
(B) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall keep in a clean and sanitary condition that part of the dwelling, dwelling unit, and premises thereof which he occupies and controls.
(C) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall dispose of all his rubbish in a clean and sanitary manner by placing it in a rubbish container.
(D) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall dispose of all his garbage and any other organic waste which might provide food for rodents, in a clean and sanitary manner, by placing it in the garbage disposal facilities or in garbage storage containers. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to supply such facilities or containers for all dwelling units in a dwelling con- taining more than four dwelling units and for all dwelling units located on premises where more than four dwelling units share the same premises. In all other cases it shall be the responsibility of the occupant to furnish such facilities or containers.
(E) Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall be responsible for hanging all screens whenever the same are required under this chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, except where the owner has agreed to supply such service.
(F) Every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents, or other pests therein or on the premises; every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his dwelling unit is the only one infested. Notwithstanding the foregoing provision whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a ratproof or reasonably insectproof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(G) Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall keep all plumbing fixtures therein in a clean and sanitary condition and shall be responsible for the exercise of reasonable care in the proper use and operation thereof.
('75 Code, § 13-2) Penalty, see § 152.99
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