All of the provisions of this chapter and all of the minimum standards and requirements of this chapter shall be applicable to rooming houses and to every person who operates a rooming house, or who occupies or lets to another for occupancy any rooming unit in any rooming house, except as provided in the following divisions.
(A) Water closet, hand lavatory, and bath facilities. At least one water closet, lavatory basin, and bathtub or shower, properly connected to an approved water and sewer system and in good working condition, shall be supplied for each four rooms within a rooming house whenever these facilities are shared.
(1) All of the facilities shall be located within the residence building served, shall be directly accessible from a common hall or passageway, and shall be not more than one story removed from any of the persons sharing the facilities.
(2) Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot and cold water at all times.
(3) The required facilities shall not be located in a cellar.
(B) Minimum floor area for sleeping purposes. Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor area, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor area for each occupant 12 years of age and over and at least 35 square feet of floor area for each occupant under 12 years of age.
(C) Sanitary conditions. The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors, and ceilings and for the sanitary maintenance of every other part of the rooming house. He or she shall be further responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire structure or building within which the rooming house is contained is leased or occupied by the operator.
(D) Facilities. Every water closet, flush urinal, lavatory basin, and bathtub or shower required by division (A) of this section shall be located within the rooming house and within a room or rooms which afford privacy, are separate from the habitable rooms, are accessible from a common hall, and are accessible without going outside the rooming house or through any other room therein.
(Ord. 98-5, passed 5-6-1999)