[Amended 2-22-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999]
The owner or person in charge of any building used or occupied by human beings shall provide at all times an adequate supply of City water under pressure for domestic purposes. Such owner or person in charge shall provide not less than one water closet for every 15 occupants and shall keep the same in good working order at all times. Every house or building used as a place of residence shall have at least one water closet, one sink and one tub or shower; and in the case of a house or building containing two or more flats or apartments, there shall be at least one water closet, one sink and one tub or shower provided for each such flat or apartment thereof. (See §§ 292-61 and 292-62, respectively, for violations and penalties hereof.)
[Amended 2-22-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999]
It shall be the duty of the owner, in the absence of a lease, contract or agreement to the contrary, to maintain the heating system in proper working order between October 1 of each year and May 1 of the next succeeding year where said heating system or systems are a permanent part of the property and where the building or any portion thereof is occupied as a home or place of residence for one or more persons or as a business establishment where one or more persons are employed. (See §§ 292-61 and 292-62, respectively, for violations and penalties hereof.)
[Amended 2-22-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999]
The owner of any building, tenement or apartment house containing six or more occupied apartments or flats shall provide adequate and proper janitor service at all times for the purpose of keeping the premises in a clean and sanitary condition and shall have removed daily, on a regular schedule at a reasonable time, all garbage and other household refuse from each flat or apartment in such building, tenement or apartment. (See §§ 292-61 and 292-62, respectively, for violations and penalties hereof.)
[Amended 2-22-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999]
No tenant or occupant of any flat or apartment in any house occupied by two or more families, and no agent, servant or employee of such tenant or occupant, shall use any window, dumbwaiter shaft, fire escape or porch of such house for the purpose of discharging dust, by shaking or otherwise, from any clothes, rug or other floor covering, broom, mop, rag or other cleaning implement or material. (See §§ 292-61 and 292-62, respectively, for violations and penalties hereof.)
[Amended 2-22-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999]
No owner, tenant, lessee or person in charge of any building, house, store, apartment, room or place shall maintain the same or permit the same to be maintained in any state of uncleanliness or filthiness or in an unsanitary manner which may be or may become a detriment to health. (See §§ 292-61 and 292-62, respectively, for violations and penalties hereof.)
[Amended 2-22-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999]
Whenever any building or part thereof is in such condition as to be a menace or a detriment to the health of human beings occupying the same, the same may be ordered by the Health Department to be vacated and to remain vacant until such building or part thereof shall be, in the opinion of the Health Department, no longer a menace or a detriment to human health. Any person receiving such an order shall comply with all the provisions and terms thereof. (See §§ 292-61 and 292-62, respectively, for violations and penalties hereof.)
[Amended 2-22-1999 by Ord. No. 4-1999]
[Added 1-5-1971 by Ord. No. 5-1970]
A.
The use of lead-based paint on interior surfaces is
hereby prohibited. Any person responsible for applying lead-based
paint on any interior surface shall be subject to a fine not exceeding
$500.
B.
If upon inspection by the Health Officer or his duly
authorized representative there is found the presence of flaking,
peeling, chipped or loose paint, plaster or structural material in
any building being used for housing, the Health Officer or his duly
authorized representative is hereby empowered to secure specimens
of flaking, peeling, chipped or loose paint, plaster or structural
material and to analyze or cause an analysis to be made, determining
whether or not the materials contain lead or its compounds. In any
case where analysis reveals the presence of lead or its compounds
in a quantity of more than 1% by weight, or when a child is diagnosed
by a licensed physician as suffering from plumbism (lead poisoning)
and the child has resided in the dwelling unit for a period of six
months, the dwelling unit shall be declared to be a hazard to the
health and safety of the occupants of the family unit.
C.
When such a hazard exists, the Health Officer shall
order the owner of the premises to remove or prohibit access to leaded
material in the dwelling unit. Such order may be to the extent to
require all surfaces in the dwelling unit to be stripped free and
clean of all leaded materials or the covering of leaded surfaces with
suitable materials in order to protect life and health.
