1371.07 MINIMUM SANITATION STANDARDS.
No person shall occupy as owner-occupant, or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating therein, which does not comply with the following requirements:
(a) Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink which is properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the Superintendent.
(1) Every dwelling unit occupied by more than one person shall contain a kitchen sink having a usable area not less than fifteen inches by eighteen inches. The depth of the sink shall be adequate to allow immersion of a reasonable number of cooking and eating utensils.
(2) If a wash basin smaller than that described in subsection (a)(1) hereof is present within the dwelling unit, it can be used if the dwelling unit is occupied by one person.
(3) Every kitchen sink shall be supplied with water from either:
A. Municipal water supply; or
B. A private water supply located, constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with the provisions and standards of Chapter 945 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code.
(4) Every kitchen sink shall be discharged into:
A. A public sewer; or
B. To an individual sewage disposal system installed in accordance with the standards and regulations of the Health Department.
(b) Every dwelling unit shall contain a room which affords privacy to a person within such room and which is equipped with a flush water closet, a lavatory and a bathtub or shower, connected to a water and sewer system approved by the Superintendent.
(1) Privacy shall be deemed to have been satisfied when every toilet and every bath is contained within a room or within separate rooms affording privacy to a person within such room or rooms. Walls of bath and toilet rooms shall be solid and shall extend from the floor to the ceiling, windows or other ventilation and light sources shall be so located or constructed as to insure the privacy of the occupant of the room.
(2) Every flush water closet, lavatory, bathtub or shower shall be supplied with water from either:
A. Municipal water supply; or
B. A private water supply located, constructed, operated and maintained in accordance with the standards of Chapter 945 of the Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code.
(3) Every flush water closet, lavatory, bathtub or shower shall be discharged into:
A. A public sewer; or
B. An individual sewage disposal system installed in accordance with the standards and regulations of the Health Department.
(c) Every kitchen sink, lavatory, bathtub or shower shall be properly connected with hot and cold water lines. The hot water lines shall be connected to a hot water heating facility of adequate size which provides at all times a temperature of not less than 120 degrees Fahrenheit.
(d) Every dwelling and dwelling unit shall be supplied with a potable water supply. There shall be adequate water supply and pressure at all installed hot and cold water outlets.
(e) All plumbing shall be properly installed and maintained in good working condition, free from defects, leaks and obstructions. Plumbing shall be installed in accordance with local plumbing regulations.
(f) Every dwelling unit shall be supplied with adequate rubbish storage facilities, type and location of which are acceptable to the Superintendent and shall be disposed of in a manner acceptable to the Superintendent.
(g) Every dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage disposal facilities, type and location of which are acceptable to the Superintendent and shall be disposed of in a manner acceptable to the Superintendent.
(Ord. 70-253. Passed 7-21-70.)
(h) Every dwelling unit shall have two safe unobstructed means of egress leading to a safe and open outdoor space at ground level. This requirement shall not apply to residential buildings when all of the following conditions exist:
(1) The structure does not exceed two stories in height;
(2) There are not more than four dwelling units per floor;
(3) The maximum exitway access travel distance does not exceed fifty feet;
(4) The minimum fire resistance rating of the exitway closure and opening protection of the building is one hour; and
(5) Every sleeping room has at least one operable window or exterior door approved for emergency egress or rescue. The units must be operable from the inside opening without the use of separate tools. Where windows are provided as a means of egress or rescue they shall have a sill height not more than forty-four inches above the floor. All egress or rescue windows from sleeping rooms must have a minimum net clear opening of five and seven-tenths square feet. The minimum net clear opening height dimension shall be twenty-four inches. The minimum net clear opening width dimension shall be twenty inches.
(Ord. 82-096. Passed 4-20-82.)
(i) Every habitable room shall have at least one window or skylight facing directly to the outdoors. The minimum total window area, for every habitable room, is to be ten percent (10%) of the floor area of such room. Whenever the only window in a room is a skylight-type window in the top of such room, the total window area of such skylight is to equal at least fifteen percent (15%) of such room.
(j) Every habitable room shall have at least one window or skylight which can be easily opened or such other device as will adequately ventilate the room. The total of openable window area in every habitable room shall be equal to at least forty-five percent (45%) of the minimum window area size or minimum skylight type window size as required in subsection (i) hereof except where there is supplied some other device affording adequate ventilation and approved by the Superintendent.
(k) Every bathroom and water closet compartment shall be adequately lighted and ventilated in accordance with subsections (i) and (j) hereof or be adequately ventilated by an adequate mechanical ventilation system and adequate lighting shall be furnished. Every bathroom floor shall be constructed and maintained so as to be reasonably impervious to water.
Every bathroom and toilet room shall have one window facing directly to the outdoors with a minimum total window area of at least ten percent ( 10%) of the floor area of the room, or a skylight-type window, the horizontal projection of which has an area of at least fifteen percent (15%) of the floor area of such room and at least forty-five percent (45%) of the minimum window area of which is openable for ventilation.
(l) Every dwelling unit shall have heating facilities which are properly installed, are maintained in safe and good working condition, and are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms and water closet compartments in every dwelling unit located therein to a temperature of at least seventy degrees Fahrenheit under ordinary minimum winter conditions.
(m) In every dwelling unit, the openings to the outdoors resulting from doors or windows customarily open when flies, mosquitoes and other insects are prevalent, shall be properly screened.
(n) Exterior property areas and accessory structures shall be free from health, fire and accident hazards, and vermin, insect and rodent harborage and conditions which might create a nuisance.
(o) The interior of every structure used for human habitation shall be free from insect, rodent and vermin infestation.
(p) Every foundation, floor, ceiling, wall and roof shall be reasonably weather tight and rodent proof. Where excessive dampness exists, corrective measures shall be required to relieve this dampness.
(q) Every window, exterior door and basement hatchway shall be reasonably weather tight, watertight and rodent proof.
(r) Every inside and outside stair, every porch and every appurtenance thereto shall be constructed as to be safe to use.
(s) Where there is electric service available from power lines which are not more than 300 feet away from a dwelling, every habitable room of such dwelling shall contain at least two separate floor or wall-type electric convenience outlets or one such convenience outlet and one supplied ceiling-type electric light fixture; and every water closet compartment, bathroom, laundry room, furnace room and public hall shall contain at least one supplied ceiling or wall-type electric light fixture. Every such outlet and fixture shall be properly installed, shall be maintained in good and safe working condition, and shall be connected to the source of electric power in a safe manner.
(t) Every supplied facility, piece of equipment, or utility which is required under this chapter shall be constructed, installed or operated so that it will function safely and effectively and shall be maintained in satisfactory working condition.
(u) No owner or operator shall cause any service, facility, equipment or utility which is required under this chapter to be removed from or shut off from or discontinued for any occupied dwelling let or occupied by him, except for such temporary interruption as may be necessary while actual repairs or alterations are in process, or during temporary emergencies when discontinuance of service is approved by the Superintendent.
(v) Every dwelling unit shall contain a minimum gross floor area of at least 150 square feet of space in habitable rooms for the first occupant and at least 100 square feet of space in habitable rooms for each additional occupant.
(w) Every habitable room shall have a minimum ceiling height of seven feet over fifty percent (50%) of the floor area, and the floor area where the ceiling height is less than five feet shall not be considered as part of the floor area in computing minimum gross floor area.
(x) In every dwelling unit of two or more rooms, every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least seventy square feet of floor space, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant shall contain at least fifty square feet of floor space for each additional occupant thereof.
(y) No dwelling or dwelling unit containing two or more sleeping rooms shall have such room arrangements that access to a bathroom or water closet compartment intended for use by occupants of more than one sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room, nor shall room arrangements be such that access to a sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room or a bathroom or water closet compartment.
(z) No basement shall be used as a habitable room or dwelling unit unless:
(1) The floors and walls are impervious to leakage of underground and surface runoff water and are effectively insulated against dampness.
(2) Adequate light and ventilation are supplied.
(aa) No cellar space shall be used or considered as a habitable room or dwelling unit.
(bb) No owner shall occupy or let to any other occupant any vacant dwelling unit unless it is clean, sanitary and fit for human occupancy.
(cc) Every owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or public areas of the dwelling and premises thereof.
(dd) 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.
(Ord. 70-253. Passed 7-21-70.)