No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or let to another for occupancy any 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 Building Official.
(b) Every dwelling unit (except as otherwise permitted under subsection (d) hereof) shall contain a room which affords privacy to a person within such room and which is equipped with a flush water closet and a lavatory basin in good working condition, properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the Building Official.
(c) Every dwelling unit (except as otherwise permitted in subsection (d) hereof) shall contain, within a room which affords privacy to a person within such room, a bathtub or shower in good working condition, properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the Building Official.
(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, provided that, for the purpose 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 of such dwelling units 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 sewer system approved by the Building Official; and
(4) Such water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower are on the same floor as the units sharing it with access to it without one unit penetrating another dwelling unit.
(e) Every kitchen sink, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower required under the provisions of this section shall be properly connected with both hot and cold water lines.
(f) Every dwelling unit shall be supplied with adequate rubbish storage facilities, the type and location of which are approved by the Building Official.
(g) Every dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage disposal facilities or garbage storage containers, the type and location of which are approved by the Building Official.
(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 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 under the provisions of Section 1490.04(e) are not in operation.
(i) A required means of ingress and egress from a dwelling unit shall not be through any part of another dwelling unit or through an attached garage. At least one window or other exterior opening in each habitable room shall be so arranged as to permit its use as a means of escape in an emergency. The above ground level floor of a multiple dwelling shall have two stairways to the ground floor exits at least twenty feet apart as measured around the periphery of the house.
(Ord. 1966-4. Passed 9-13-66.)