Rooming or lodging house operators shall be responsible for
compliance with this chapter in regard to the following:
A. Limiting occupancy to the maximum permitted by this chapter.
B. Maintenance of safe and sanitary conditions in all parts of rooming
and lodging house premises.
C. Maintenance and operation of all required service facilities.
D. Maintenance of cooking and refrigeration fixtures and appliances
within his control and all plumbing and other building equipment and
facilities in an operative, clean and sanitary condition.
E. Sanitary maintenance of walls, floors and ceilings.
F. Keeping exits clean and unencumbered.
G. Disposal of building garbage and refuse in a clean and sanitary manner.
H. Extermination of insects, rodents or other pests on the premises.
I. Installation and maintenance of required screens.
J. Installation and maintenance of required fire/smoke-detection and
fire-suppression systems.
Each occupant shall comply with all requirements imposed by
applicable provisions of all City, county and state codes, regulations,
ordinances and statutes, including but not limited to those relating
to the following:
A. Limiting occupancy of that part of the premises which the occupant
occupies or controls to the maximum permitted by this chapter and
other applicable regulations.
B. Maintaining that part of the premises which the occupant occupies
or controls in a clean, sanitary and safe condition.
C. Maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition all plumbing, cooking
and refrigeration fixtures and appliances as well as other building
equipment and storage facilities in that part of the premises which
the occupant occupies or controls and providing reasonable care in
the operation and use thereof.
D. Keeping exits from the occupant's unit clean and unencumbered.
E. Placing all rubbish, garbage and other organic or flammable waste
in a clean and sanitary manner in the facilities provided.
F. Exterminating insects, rodents or other pests, except rodents within
the unit if the occupant's unit is the only one infested in the
premises.
G. Keeping and controlling the occupant's domestic animals and
pets in an appropriate and lawful manner.
H. Not permitting any person on the premises with his permission to
willfully or wantonly destroy, deface, damage, impair or remove any
part of the structure or unit or the facilities, equipment or appurtenances
thereto nor himself do any such thing.
No owner, occupant or person responsible therefor shall cause
any service, facility, equipment or utility which is required to be
supplied by the provisions of this chapter to be removed or shut off
from or discontinued for an occupied dwelling unit, except for necessary
repairs, alterations, emergencies and for nonpayment of utilities,
only after a thirty-day notice has been served on the occupant and
such notice has expired.