In addition to any specific contractual agreements between owners and
occupants with respect to responsibilities, the following shall apply.
[Amended by Ord. No. 97-4]
Every owner and/or occupant of a commercial or industrial building shall
be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition the interior
and exterior of the premises or buildings he occupies or controls. Every owner
and/or occupant shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary
condition the shared or public areas within and around such buildings or premises
and all graffiti, out dated posters, signs or decorations shall be removed
from the exterior of said buildings no later than seven days following notification
from the Township of Marple. "Notification," for purposes of this section,
shall mean written notification mailed to the owner and/or occupant or posting
a notice on the subject premises in a conspicuous place. The date of the notice
shall be the date that the written notification is mailed to the owner and/or
occupant or the date of the notice posted on the premises.
Every occupant of a building or building unit shall be responsible for
the exercise of proper care in the use and operation of all plumbing fixtures,
appliances and equipment therein. Every owner of a building containing two
or more building units shall be responsible for keeping supplied facilities
in proper operating condition.
When infestation of any building or unit is caused by failure of the
owner to maintain such unit in rodentproof condition or when two or more units
within a structure are infested, extermination shall be the responsibility
of the owner.
No owner, operator or occupant shall cause any service, facility, equipment
or utility which is required to be supplied under the provisions of this chapter
to be removed from, shut off from or discontinued for any occupied building
or building unit, except for necessary repairs, alterations or emergencies.
No person shall occupy or permit to be occupied by another any vacant
building unit or rooming unit unless or until it is in good repair, clean,
sanitary, occupiable and in full compliance with all the provisions of this
chapter.
Every owner of a building containing two or more building and/or building
units shall be responsible for maintaining the temperature in every occupied
unit in such building at not less than 68° F. during the hours that the
building or building unit is occupied.