No person shall lease, rent, or otherwise 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) Smoke alarms. Every dwelling unit under the jurisdiction of this code shall have approved and working smoke alarms installed in each sleeping area on each floor level, and at the head of every open stairway. It shall be the responsibility of the tenant to furnish batteries for the alarms if a battery is necessary to the proper operation of the alarm. It shall also be the responsibility of the tenant to notify the landlord of any nonfunctioning or malfunctioning smoke alarm, if the failure to function properly is caused by reasons other than the installation of a working battery. It shall be the responsibility of the landlord to make effective and timely repairs or replacement of smoke alarms when notified by the tenant. The landlord shall serve written notice upon the tenant of the landlord’s and the tenant’s responsibility concerning smoke alarms. For the purposes of this section, written notice may consist of a notice that is conspicuously posted within the dwelling unit.
(b) Kitchen sink. Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sanitary sewer system in conformity with the State Plumbing Code.
(c) Bathroom. Every dwelling unit shall contain a room within its walls, separate from the habitable rooms, which affords privacy to a person within said room and which is equipped with a flush water closet, a lavatory basin, and a bathtub or shower and the necessary fixtures and accessories therefor in good working condition and properly connected to hot and cold water lines and sanitary sewer system in conformity with the State Plumbing Code.
(d) Connection of facilities. Every tub or shower required under this chapter and every kitchen, sink, lavatory basin, and bath shall be connected with water and sewer lines in conformity with the State Plumbing Code.
(e) Garbage disposal facilities. Every dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage disposal facilities or garbage storage containers as required by Title 8, Chapter 3.
(f) Egress. Every dwelling unit shall have two safe and unobstructed means of egress, as required by the State Uniform Building Code and the ordinances of the village. Every building which is remodeled into multi-family dwelling units, after the effective date of this chapter, shall provide at least two approved exits from each dwelling unit.
(Prior Code, § 15-5-5)