1309.02 MINIMUM STANDARDS; SANITARY FACILITIES.
   (a)   Compliance Required. No person shall occupy as owner-occupant, or let to another for occupancy, any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of livings, sleeping, cooking or eating therein, which does not comply with the following requirements.
 
   (b)   Kitchen Sink Requirements. Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink in good working condition and properly connected to an approved water and sewerage system.
 
   (c)   Private Water Closet, Lavatory Required: Exceptions. Every dwelling unit except as otherwise permitted under subsection (e), shall contain a room which affords a privacy to a person within such room and which is equipped with a flush water closet and a lavatory basin in good working condition and properly connected to an approved water and sewerage system.
   (d)   Private Bathtub or Shower Required; Exception. Every dwelling unit, except as otherwise permitted under subsection (e), shall contain within a room which affords privacy to a person within such room, a bathtub or shower in good working condition and properly connected to an approved water and sewerage system.
 
   (e)   Stipulations For Sharing Bathroom Facilities. The occupants of not more than two dwelling units may share a single flush water closet, a single lavatory basin and a single bathtub or shower if:
      (1)   Neither of the two dwelling units contains more than two rooms, provided, that, for the purposes of this subsection, a kitchenette or an efficiency kitchen with not more than sixty square feet of floor area shall not be counted as a room;
      (2)   The habitable area of each such dwelling unit shall equal not more than 250 square feet of floor area;
      (3)   Such water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be in good working condition and properly connected to an approved water and sewerage system;
      (4)   Neither dwelling unit shall be occupied by more than four persons.
   (f)   Proper Hot and Cold Water Line Connections. Every kitchen sink, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower required under this Housing Code shall be properly connected with both hot and cold water lines that provide an adequate, safe and sanitary water supply.
 
   (g)   Rubbish Storage Facilities. Every dwelling unit shall have adequate rubbish storage facilities, the type and location of which are approved by the Housing Director.
 
   (h)   Garbage Disposal and Storage Facilities. Every dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage disposal facilities or garbage storage containers, the type and location of which are approved by the Housing Director.
   (i)   Water Heating Facilities. Every dwelling shall have supplied water heating facilities which are properly installed, are maintained in a safe and good working condition, are properly connected with the hot water lines required under subsection (f) and are capable of heating water to such a temperature as to permit an adequate amount of water to be drawn at every required kitchen sink, lavatory basin, bathtub or shower at a temperature of not less than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Such supplied water heating facilities shall be capable of meeting the requirements of this section when the dwelling or dwelling unit heating facilities required under the provisions of Section 1309.03 (f) are not in operation.
(Ord. 41-1989. Passed 3-20-89.)