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 dwelling or dwelling unit does not comply with the following requirements:
(a) Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewerage system approved by the Health Officer.
(b) Every dwelling unit, except as otherwise permitted in subsection (d) hereof, shall contain a room which affords privacy to a person in such room and which is equipped with a flush water closet and a lavatory basin in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewerage system approved by the Health Officer.
(c) Every dwelling unit, except as otherwise permitted in subsection (d) hereof shall contain, in a room which affords privacy to a person in such room, a bathtub or shower in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewerage system approved by the Health Officer.
(d) 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 all of the following are true:
(1) Neither of the two dwelling units contains more than two rooms, provided that 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 equals not more than 250 square feet of floor area.
(3) Such water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower are in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewerage system approved by the Health Officer.
(e) Every kitchen sink, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower required in subsections (a), (b), (c) and (d) hereof shall be properly connected with both hot and cold water lines.
(f) Every dwelling and dwelling unit shall be supplied with adequate rubbish storage facilities of a type and location approved by the Health Officer.
(g) Every dwelling and dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage disposal facilities or garbage storage containers of a type and location approved by the Health Officer.
(h) Every dwelling shall have supplied water heating facilities which are properly installed, are maintained in safe and good working condition, are properly connected with the hot water lines required in subsection (e) hereof 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 subsection when the dwelling or dwelling unit heating facilities required in Section 1488.06(e) are not in operation.
(i) Every dwelling unit shall have a safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to a safe and open space at ground level, as required by the laws of the State and the City.
(Ord. 18-87. Passed 11-24-87.)