§ 17-25. Requirements relating to the safe and sanitary maintenance of dwellings and dwelling units.

The Minimum Housing Enforcement Officer or subordinate enforcement officers shall immediately report to the Building Official any building presumed to be unsafe as established by the provisions of this section or Chapter 8 of the Code.

No person shall 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:

(1)

All foundation walls shall be reasonably rodent proof, and maintained in good repair.

(2)

Every dwelling unit shall be reasonably weathertight, watertight and rodentproof. Floors, walls, ceilings and roofs shall be capable of affording adequate shelter and privacy and shall be kept in good repair. Windows and exterior doors shall be reasonably weathertight, watertight, and rodentproof, and shall be maintained in good working condition. All parts of the structure that show evidence of rot or other deterioration shall be repaired or replaced.

(3)

Every inside and outside stairway, porch, and every appurtenance thereto, shall be maintained in a safe condition.

(4)

Every chimney and smoke pipe, and all flue and vent attachments thereto, shall be maintained in such condition that there will be no leakage or backing up of smoke and noxious gases into the dwelling.

(5)

All exterior surfaces subject to deterioration shall be properly maintained and protected from the elements by paint or other approved protective coating applied in a workmanlike fashion.

(6)

Every plumbing fixture, water pipe, waste pipe and drain shall be maintained in good sanitary working condition, free from defects, leaks and obstructions.

(7)

The floor surface of every water closet compartment, bathroom and shower room shall be maintained so as to be reasonably impervious to water and so as to permit such floor to be easily kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

(8)

Every supplied facility, piece of equipment, or utility required in this code shall be maintained in a safe and satisfactory working condition. No owner or occupant shall cause any service, facility, equipment, or utility required in this code to be removed from or discontinued for any occupied dwelling or dwelling unit except for such temporary interruption as may be necessary while actual repairs, replacement, or alterations are in process.

(Ord. No. 63-30, § 2.03, 7-16-63; Ord. No. 73-36, § 1, 4-3-73; Ord. No. 18-18, § 1, 2-6-18)