No premises shall be rented, let, leased or occupied as a dwelling
or as a tenement house unless the premises shall have a plentiful
supply of pure water, suitable for domestic purposes, furnished at
one or more places in such house so that the same may be adequately
and reasonably convenient for the use of the occupants of the house.
[Amended by Ord. No. 12/13/73; Ord. No. 11/14/74; 10/12/1989; Ord. No. 2/8/90]
All owners of buildings, designed to be occupied, or occupied,
as residences by two or more families, and when the owners have agreed
to supply heat, that from October 1 of each year to the next succeeding
May 15, every unit of dwelling space and every habitable room therein
shall be maintained at least 70° F. between the hours of 6:00
a.m. and 11:00 p.m. At times other than those specified, interiors
of units of dwelling space shall be maintained at least 65° F.
The owner shall not be responsible, in meeting the aforesaid standards,
for the consequent drop in the interior temperature arising out of
the action by the occupants in leaving windows or doors open to the
exterior of the building.