Every owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units
shall maintain in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or public
areas of the dwelling and premises thereof.
Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall maintain
in a clean and sanitary condition that part or those parts of the
dwelling, dwelling unit and premises thereof that he occupies and
controls.
Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall store and
dispose of all his rubbish in a clean, sanitary and safe manner.
Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall store and
dispose of all his garbage and any other organic waste which might
provide food for insects and/or rodents in a clean, sanitary and safe
manner, and, if a container is used for storage pending collection,
it shall be rodentproof, insectproof and watertight.
Every owner of a dwelling containing three or more dwelling
units shall supply facilities or containers for the sanitary and safe
storage and/or disposal of rubbish and garbage. In the case of single-
or two-family dwellings, it shall be the responsibility of the occupant
to furnish such facilities or containers.
The owner of a dwelling unit shall be responsible for providing
and hanging all screens and double or storm doors and windows whenever
the same are required under the provisions of this chapter or any
rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, except where there is
a written agreement between the owner and occupant. In the absence
of such agreement, maintenance or replacement of screens, storm doors
and windows, once installed in any one season, become the responsibility
of the occupant.
Every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit
shall be responsible for the extermination of insects and/or rodents
on the premises; and every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling
containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such
extermination whenever his dwelling unit is the only one infested.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, whenever
infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling
in a rodentproof or reasonable insectproof condition, extermination
shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists
in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling or in the shared
or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units,
extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner.
Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall keep all plumbing fixtures
therein in a clean, sanitary and operable condition and shall be responsible
for the exercise of reasonable care in the proper use and operation
thereof.
From September 1 until June 1 in every dwelling unit and/or
rooming unit when the control of the supplied heat is the responsibility
of a person other than the occupant, a temperature of at least 68°
F. shall be maintained in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and water
closet compartments at a distance of 18 inches above the floor level.