The provisions of this article shall govern the responsibilities of occupants and owners for the maintenance of structures, and the equipment and premises thereof. Nothing contained herein shall modify other requirements contained in other sections of this chapter related to the responsibilities of tenants or occupants of a structure or unit.
A defective or hazardous appliance, including but not necessarily limited to a cooking range, oven or refrigerator, not otherwise addressed in this code, which constitutes a danger to the public or to the occupants of a dwelling, dormitory, apartment house, lodging house, hotel or motel shall be repaired or altered to a safe condition or properly disconnected from sources of energy or fuel and disposed of in a proper manner.
A. 
Occupant-supplied fixtures or appliances. The equipment or fixtures supplied by the tenant or occupant shall be properly installed, and shall be maintained in good, working condition, kept clean and sanitary and free of defects, leaks or obstructions. If, in the opinion of the Building Inspector, appliances become dangerous or unsafe they shall be disposed of properly.
B. 
Owner-supplied fixtures or appliances. The owner of a structure shall maintain the supplied equipment and fixtures in good working condition, and the occupant shall exercise reasonable care in their proper use and operation.
Occupants shall keep portions of the structures occupied and controlled by them in a clean, sanitary condition as required. Every owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall maintain, in a clean and sanitary condition, the shared or public areas of the dwelling and premises.
Occupants shall keep all plumbing fixtures located within the dwelling or dwelling unit in a clean and sanitary condition and exercise reasonable care in the proper use and operation thereof. The owner shall keep plumbing fixtures in good and proper operating condition.
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
A. 
For all smoke detectors operated by a battery in a dwelling unit, it shall be the obligation of the owner to install a new battery in such smoke detector upon renting to a tenant. It shall then be the obligation of the tenant to maintain the smoke detector with a functional battery at all times thereafter.
B. 
Anyone tampering or interfering with the effectiveness of a smoke detector shall be in violation of this code.[1]
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Editor's Note: Original § 802.0 of Ord. No. 08-11-10-2, Extermination, which immediately followed this section, was repealed at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).