[Adopted as Sec. 13-4 of the 1993 Revised
General Ordinances]
The duties of the Commission shall consist of
the following:
A. Receiving, administering and expending security funds
deposited pursuant to the terms of this article.
B. Examining those circumstances and conditions alleged
to constitute emergency conditions and declaring, where applicable,
an emergency condition to exist.
C. Arranging, in accordance with the terms of this article,
for the prompt repair, maintenance, supply or replacement of those
items of structure, equipment or supplies which are necessary to correct,
eliminate or alleviate the emergency condition.
In applying and interpreting this article, the
following requirements as to the operation of multiple dwelling facilities
shall be observed by owners and operators thereof, and, further, the
following definitions shall also be used:
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or rooms, or suite or apartment thereof, whether
furnished or unfurnished, which is occupied or intended, arranged
or designed to be occupied, for sleeping, dwelling or residence purposes
by one or more persons.
EMERGENCY CONDITION
The following standards relating to the operation of multiple
dwellings shall be observed by owners and operators and any of the
following conditions, if not met, are hereby defined as a condition
dangerous or injurious to the health or safety of the occupants of
a dwelling or occupants of neighboring buildings:
A.
Lack of adequate ventilation or light.
B.
Lack of adequate and properly functioning sanitary
facilities.
C.
Lack of adequate and healthful water supply.
D.
Structural, mechanical or electrical defects
which increase the hazards of fire, accident or other calamity.
E.
Failure to furnish heat for every occupied room
in such building or portion thereof so that a minimum temperature
of 70 degrees Fahrenheit shall be maintained therein at all times
between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. and a minimum temperature
of 65 degrees Fahrenheit between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00
a.m. of each and every day from the first day of October in each year
to the first day of June of the succeeding year, and at all other
times when the street temperature shall fall below 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
F.
Lack of maintenance of private drives and roads
to the extent that their condition presents a hazard to those required
to utilize them.
MULTIPLE DWELLING
Any building or structure of one or more stories, and any
land appurtenant thereto and any portion thereof, in which four or
more dwelling units are occupied, or are intended to be occupied by
four or more persons who live independently of each other. Premises
which are used primarily for purposes other than sleeping, dwelling
or residence shall not be considered a "multiple dwelling."
Any person found guilty of violating any of the provisions of this article shall be subject to the penalties set forth in §
1-5, Violations and penalties, of this Code. Each day that a violation occurs shall be considered a separate offense.