The minimum property maintenance standards are as follows:
(A) Buildings and structures.
(1) Exterior wood surfaces not inherently resistant to deterioration shall be treated with a protective coating of paint, or other suitable preservative, with sufficient frequency to prevent deterioration; and
(2) Floors, walls, ceilings, and fixtures shall be maintained in a clean, and sanitary, condition.
(B) Public areas. Every owner of a structure containing two, or more, dwelling units shall be responsible for maintaining, in a clean and sanitary condition, the shared, or public, areas of the structure and premises thereof;
(C) Rubbish and garbage. Every person who occupies, and controls, a dwelling unit shall dispose of all rubbish and garbage in a clean, and sanitary, manner by placing it in proper storage facilities;
(D) Premises.
(1) Fences, and other minor structures, shall be maintained in safe, and substantial, condition;
(2) Yards and courts shall be kept clean, and free, of physical hazards, rubbish, trash, and garbage;
(3) No heavy undergrowth, or accumulations of plant growth which are noxious or detrimental to health, shall be allowed;
(4) Every premises shall be provided with all-weather vehicular access to, and from, the premises at all times by an abutting public, or private, street;
(5) Walks and steps, constructed so as to provide safety, reasonable durability, and economy of maintenance, should be provided for convenient all-weather access to the structure;
(6) Access to the rear yard from each dwelling unit shall be required. Such access is not, however, acceptable where it is dependent upon passage through another dwelling unit. Each building shall be provided with access to the rear yard. This access for a detached dwelling shall be directly from a street; and
(7) Any nonresidential use of the premises shall be subordinate to its residential use and character.
(E) Infestation.
(1) Premises, buildings, and structures shall, by generally accepted methods of extermination, be maintained free of vermination and rodent harborage, and infestation;
(2) Every basement or cellar window used, or intended to be used, for ventilation, and every other opening to a basement or cellar, which might provide an entry for rodents, shall be supplied with screens installed, or with such other approved devices as will effectively prevent entrance by rodents; and
(3) Every head-of-household occupant of a structure containing a single-dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents, or other pests therein, or on the premises; and every head-of-household occupant of a dwelling unit in a structure containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such extermination whenever the dwelling unit is the only one infested. Whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a structure in a rodent proof, or reasonably insect proof, condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two, or more, of the dwelling units in any structure, or in the shared or public parts of any structure containing two, or more, dwelling units, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner.
(F) Cleanliness. Every occupant of a dwelling, or dwelling unit, shall keep in a clean and sanitary condition the part of the dwelling, dwelling unit, and premises thereof which he or she occupies and controls;
(G) Supplied plumbing fixtures. Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall keep all supplied 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, of same; and
(H) Care of facilities, equipment, and structure. No occupant shall willfully destroy, deface, or impair any of the facilities, or equipment, of any part of the structure of a dwelling, or dwelling unit.
(Ord. 21-2018, passed 12-3-2018)