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 in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the Inspector.
(B) Every dwelling unit (except as otherwise permitted under division (D) below) shall contain a room which affords privacy to a person within the 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 sewer system approved by the Inspector.
(C) Every dwelling unit (except as otherwise permitted under division (D) below) shall contain, within a room which affords privacy to a person within the room, a bathtub or shower in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the Building Inspector.
(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:
(1) Neither of the two dwelling units contains more than two rooms. For the purposes of this division, a kitchenette or an efficiency kitchen with not more than 60 square feet of floor area shall not be counted as a room.
(2) The habitable area of each of the dwelling units shall equal not more than 250 square feet of floor area.
(3) The water closet, lavatory basin, and bathtub or shower shall be in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the Inspector.
(E) Every kitchen sink, lavatory basin, and bathtub or shower required under the provisions of divisions (A) through (D) above shall be properly connected with both hot and cold water lines.
(F) Every dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage disposal facilities or garbage storage containers, the type and location of which are approved by the Inspector.
(G) Every dwelling unit shall be supplied with adequate rubbish storage facilities, the type and location of which are approved by the Inspector.
(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 under the provisions of division (E) above, 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°F. Such supplied water-heating facilities shall be capable of meeting the requirements of this division at all seasons of the year.
(I) Every dwelling unit shall have safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level, as required by the laws of this state.
(Ord. 535, passed 6-1-99) Penalty, see § 154.99