A. 
Generally. Every habitable room have a window opening directly to the outside. The total area of such window shall not be less than 10% of the floor area of such room. All windows shall be enclosed with glass and shall be provided with suitable hardware and sash cords and made to open to the extent of 4% of the floor area. Every dwelling, habitable room and hall shall be equipped with a safe, artificial lighting service, and all electrical wiring, outlets and fixtures thereof shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of local municipal ordinances and statutes of this state.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 70, Electrical Standards.
B. 
Bathrooms, water closet compartments. Every bathroom and water closet compartment shall have at least one window facing to the outdoors and having a minimum openable area of 4% of the floor area of such room except where there is supplied some other device approved by the Codes Enforcement Officer as affording adequate ventilation.
C. 
Electricity. Every dwelling shall be supplied with and lighted with electricity.
(1) 
Every habitable room shall be wired in conformity with the Village Electrical Code.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 70, Electrical Standards.
(2) 
Every water closet compartment, bathroom, laundry room, furnace room and public hall shall contain at least one supplied ceiling or wall-type electric light fixture.
(3) 
Every outlet and fixture shall be properly installed and maintained in good and safe working condition.
A. 
Generally. Every dwelling shall have heating facilities which are properly installed, maintained in safe and good working condition and are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms and water closet compartments to a temperature of at least 70º F. at a distance of three feet above floor level when the outside temperature is 10º F.
B. 
Every space heater shall be properly vented through an approved flue leading to the outer air and shall be adequately insulated from all combustible materials.
Each dwelling unit in every multiple residence shall contain therein means for supplying heat in every occupied room therein in sufficient quantity for the maintenance of a temperature of 70º F. at knee height with due regard to regulation, ventilation, humidity and ordinary winter conditions. When heat is supplied to the occupants of any dwelling unit from a source within or without the unit by someone other than such occupants, the same shall be supplied in sufficient quantity to maintain such temperature in every occupied room therein, with due regard to regulation, ventilation, humidity and ordinary winter conditions, at all times between the first day of October and the first day of the following May, inclusive, between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Failure to furnish such heat or to maintain such temperature shall be construed as a failure to provide such means for supplying heat
A. 
Water supply, sewage disposal. All plumbing fixtures required by this section shall be connected to an approved source of water supply and to an approved system of sewage disposal.
B. 
Condition of plumbing fixtures. All plumbing fixtures shall be properly installed and maintained in good working order.
C. 
Privacy of water closet facilities. Every dwelling unit shall contain within its walls a room, separate from the habitable rooms, which affords privacy and which is equipped with a flush water closet and a lavatory basin.
D. 
Privacy of bathing facilities. Every dwelling unit shall contain within its walls a room, separate from the habitable rooms, which affords privacy to a person in the room and which is equipped with a bathtub or shower.
E. 
Kitchen sink required. Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink properly connected to the hot and cold water supply and sewerage system.
F. 
Plumbing fixtures in rooming houses. In every rooming house, the following minimum plumbing fixtures are required for each multiple of six sleeping rooms: a water closet, a bathtub or shower and a lavatory.
G. 
Hot and cold water requirements. Every kitchen sink, lavatory and bathtub or shower required by this chapter shall be properly connected with both hot and cold water lines. The hot water lines shall be connected with supplied water heating facilities.
A. 
Dwelling units. Every dwelling unit shall contain at least 150 square feet of habitable floor area for the first occupant and at least 75 square feet of additional habitable floor area for each additional occupant. No more than one family shall be permitted to inhabit a dwelling unit.
B. 
Sleeping rooms. In every dwelling unit and in every rooming unit, every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor area, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one occupant shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor area for each occupant 12 years of age or over and at least 35 square feet of floor area for each occupant under 12 years of age.
C. 
Calculation of floor area. Floor area shall be calculated on the basis of habitable room area. However, closet area and hall area within the dwelling unit, where provided, may count for not more than 10% of the required habitable floor area. At least 70 square feet of every habitable room shall have a ceiling height of at least seven feet six inches; and the floor area of any part of any room where the ceiling height is less than 4 1/2 feet shall not be considered as part of the floor area in computing the total floor area of the room to determine maximum permissible occupancy.
D. 
Cellars, basements; playrooms. No cellar or basement space shall be used as a habitable room or dwelling unit. Play- or recreation rooms may be located below grade.
A. 
Location of habitable space. No dwelling unit or rooming unit shall be located within a building containing any establishment handling, dispensing or storing flammable liquids in any manner which constitutes a danger to the lives of the occupants.
B. 
Egress at ground level. Every dwelling unit and every rooming unit shall have safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level.
C. 
Obstruction of egress. Every hallway, stairway, corridor, exit, fire escape door and other means of egress shall be kept clear at all times.
D. 
Prohibited storage. Storage rooms and storage lockers shall not be used for storage of junk, rubbish or waste.
E. 
Storage beneath stairways. Closets or storage beneath stairways are prohibited in any multifamily dwelling or any rooming house.
F. 
Minimum egress facilities, There shall be at least two means of egress available from each story of every multifamily dwelling and of every rooming house if the dwelling is three or more stories in height or is three stories in height and has at least five habitable rooms on the third story. A basement used as a dwelling unit for a superintendent of premises shall not count as a story for the purposes of this subsection.
G. 
Location of exit facilities. Exit facilities from dwellings or dwelling units shall lead to a public thoroughfare either directly or through a court or yard, and passage to such exits shall not lead through any other dwelling or dwelling unit.
H. 
Cooking equipment to comply with chapter. No owner, operator or occupant shall furnish or use any cooking equipment which does not comply with this chapter.
I. 
Condition of cooking equipment. Every piece of cooking equipment shall be so constructed and installed that it will function safely and effectively and shall be maintained in sound working condition.
J. 
Portable cooking equipment Portable cooking equipment employing gasoline as fuel for cooking is prohibited.
K. 
Chimneys, flues, vents. All heating, cooking and water-heating equipment burning solid fuels shall be rigidly connected to a chimney or flue, and such heating equipment burning liquid or gaseous fuels shall be rigidly connected to a supply line and to a chimney, flue or vent.
L. 
Heating equipment installation, use. Heating equipment shall be installed in a manner which will avoid the dangerous concentration of fumes and gases. Unvented portable space heaters burning liquid or gaseous fuels shall be prohibited. Heating equipment shall not be forced to operate beyond the safe capacity for which it was designed.
M. 
Storage of fuel. Fuels shall be stored in accordance with generally accepted practice and in a manner which will minimize the danger of fire. No gasoline or highly inflammable fuel shall be stored within any structure used for human habitation.
A. 
Screen required. During the period from May 1 to September 30, every door opening directly from any dwelling to outdoor space, which said doorway is used for ventilation, shall be supplied with a screen, together with a self-closing device in good working condition; and in each room at least one window or other device with openings to outdoor space, used or intended to be used for ventilation, shall likewise be provided with a screen.
B. 
Basement, cellar windows. Every basement or cellar window used or intended to be used for ventilation and every other opening to a basement which might provide an entry for rodents shall be permanently equipped with screens or such other device as will effectively prevent their entrance.
C. 
Freedom from vermin required. Dwellings shall be kept free from rodents and other vermin at all times, with the responsibility for extermination resting with the occupant or owner as hereinafter specified.
D. 
Garbage, rubbish storage, disposal. Every dwelling unit shall have approved garbage and rubbish storage or disposal facilities. In every multifamily dwelling, such facilities shall be placed in an approved location.
A. 
Exterior portions. All foundations, exterior walls, roofs, windows, exterior doors, basement hatchways and other exterior portions of dwellings shall be watertight, weatherproof, rodent- and insect-proof and maintained in a good state of repair.
B. 
Interior partitions. Interior partitions, walls, floors and ceilings shall be reasonably tight, capable of affording privacy, maintained in a good state of repair and kept clean and sanitary.
C. 
Stairways, porches, balconies. Inside and outside stairways, porches and balconies shall be so constructed as to be safe to use and capable of supporting the load that normal use may cause to be placed thereon.
D. 
Condition of facility, equipment, utility. Every supplied facility, piece of equipment or utility which is required under this chapter shall be so constructed and installed that it will function safely and effectively and shall be maintained in good working condition.
A. 
Permit requirements. No person shall operate a rooming house unless he holds a valid rooming house permit issued by the Village. Such permit is not transferable and shall apply only to the structure for which it is issued.
B. 
General standards. Every rooming house and room shall be in compliance with the minimum standards for dwellings set forth in this chapter as to light, ventilation, heating, space requirements and such other provisions as are applicable.
C. 
Minimum plumbing facilities. Every rooming house shall be equipped with at least one flush water closet, one lavatory and one tub or shower for each eight persons or fraction thereof within the rooming house, including members of the family if they are to share the use of the facilities. In rooming houses in which rooms are let only to males, flush urinals may be substituted for not more than 1/2 of the required number of water closets. All such facilities shall be properly connected to the water supply and sewerage system.
D. 
Location of plumbing fixtures. Every flush water closet, flush urinal, lavatory, tub or shower required shall be located in a room or rooms which:
(1) 
Affords privacy; and
(2) 
Is accessible by a common hall without going outside the rooming house; and
(3) 
Is accessible from a common hall without going through sleeping quarters of others; and
(4) 
Is not more than one story removed from the room of an occupant intended to share the facilities.
E. 
Condition of bedding, linen, towels. Where bedding, bed linen or towels are supplied, the operator shall maintain the bedding in a clean and sanitary manner, shall furnish clean bed linen and towels at least once each week and prior to the letting of any room to an occupant.
A. 
Occupants. Occupants of dwellings shall have the following responsibilities:
(1) 
To keep the dwelling and premises he occupies in a clean and sanitary condition.
(2) 
To dispose of rubbish and garbage in a clean and sanitary manner as prescribed by Village regulations.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 86, Garbage, Rubbish and Littering.
(3) 
To hang and remove screens provided by the owner except where the owner has agreed to supply such services.
(4) 
To keep plumbing fixtures in a clean and sanitary condition and to exercise all reasonable care in their proper use and operation.
(5) 
To exterminate insects, rodents or other pests if the occupant of a single-family dwelling or the occupant of a dwelling unit in a multiple-unit structure where that dwelling unit is the only one infested.
B. 
Owners. Owners of dwellings shall have the following responsibilities:
(1) 
To let no dwelling or room to anyone for occupancy unless it meets the minimum standards set forth in this chapter.
(2) 
To have the dwelling unit or room in a clean, sanitary and habitable condition; to free the same from infestation before renting; and to clean, repair and exterminate, if needed to meet the requirements of this chapter, before offering the same for rent.
(3) 
To provide screens in accordance with § 99-22A.
(4) 
To exterminate insects, rodents or other pests if infestation exists in one or more units of a multiple-unit structure, where infestation exists in shared or public areas of multiple-unit structures and where infestation exists in a single unit of a multiple-unit structure or in a single-family structure when infestation is due to failure of the owner to maintain the dwelling in a rodent-proof and reasonably insect-proof condition.