A. 
Residential. Occupants shall not, after notice as required under § 156-67, occupy or continue to occupy premises which are substandard by reason of the failure of the dwelling unit or rooming unit occupied by them or of the dwelling or premises to conform to and comply with the requirements of this code. Upon discovery by an occupant of any condition on the premises occupied by the occupant which constitutes a violation responsible for enforcement hereunder, as more particularly set forth in § 156-36, the occupant shall report the same to the Public Officer.
B. 
Nonresidential. Upon discovery by an occupant of any condition of the premises which constitutes a violation hereof, the occupant shall report the same to the Public Officer responsible for enforcement hereunder.
All parts of the premises under the control of the occupant or operator shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and the occupant shall refrain from performing any acts which would render other parts of the premises unclean or unsanitary or which would obstruct the owner or operator from performing any duty required hereunder or maintaining the premises in a clean and sanitary condition.
Occupants shall place all garbage in the receptacles provided for garbage disposal and shall, where janitor service is not supplied, place for disposal all garbage and other refuse in garbage cans located in the exterior of the premises in an area designated and set forth for the same. Where janitorial service for the removal of garbage and other refuse to the exterior of the premises is provided by the owner or operator, then the occupant shall dispose of garbage and other refuse in containers provided therefor by the owner or operator in designated and enclosed areas in the interior of the premises. Garbage and other refuse shall not be thrown out of windows or down dumbwaiters, nor shall garbage and refuse be set out on stairways or fire escapes or in common hallways. All fire escapes, stairways, common areaways and common hallways shall be kept free of accumulations of personal belongings. All dumbwaiters shall be operable at all times where in existence and used as a regular part of the garbage disposal system.
A. 
Residential. Every occupant of a single-family dwelling shall be responsible for the elimination of infestation in the dwelling and on the premises. Every occupant of a dwelling unit or rooming unit in a dwelling other than a single-family dwelling shall be responsible for eliminating all conditions causing infestation which are caused by the occupant, and also those conditions which are subject to and under his exclusive control.
B. 
Nonresidential. Every operator shall be responsible for the elimination of infestation in and on the premises subject to his control.
Every occupant or operator shall be responsible for willfully or maliciously causing damage to any part of the premises.
Where any occupant undertakes by contract, or as a condition of his letting, to supply his own heat through a furnace or boiler which also heats a dwelling unit or rooming unit occupied by other persons, the occupant shall be responsible for supplying heat in accordance with the provisions of § 156-20P through U.
Where any occupant undertakes to install heating equipment, the same shall conform to the requirements of § 156-20H through P. The occupant shall thereafter be responsible for maintaining such equipment installed by him in good repair and operating condition during all times that the heating equipment remains under his control.
Every occupant or operator shall maintain all plumbing fixtures used by him in a clean and sanitary condition, and he shall not deposit any material in any fixture or sewer system which would result in stoppage of or damage to the fixture or sewer system.
[Amended 6-15-76 by Ord. No. 39-76]
Every owner of any residential premises containing more than two (2) rental dwelling units shall hereafter be responsible for serving every new tenant, prior to permitting said tenant to take possession of the rental premises, with a notice containing advice to the tenant of each tenant's right to have a violation-free rental unit. The notice shall contain the following statements:
A. 
The tenant is entitled to a violation-free apartment. The apartment you are renting (is) (is not) free of any violations of the Building Code of the City of Orange[1] as indicated in the last inspection of these premises. Such violations are as follows.
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 74, Construction Codes, Uniform.
B. 
If, within ten (10) days of the tenant's taking possession, said tenant discovers what said tenant believes to be a violation or violations, the tenant is to give written notice to the landlord of such alleged violations.
C. 
An address for sending such notice must be included in the statement.
D. 
The tenant is to be advised that the landlord has twenty (20) days in which to correct all violations listed.
E. 
The tenant must arrange for the landlord to have access to make said repairs.
F. 
If, upon expiration of twenty (20) days after notice of alleged violations, the tenant is not satisfied that the apartment is violation-free, he has the right to have a building inspector from the City of Orange inspect the apartment within five (5) days of the request for said inspection.
G. 
If the inspector finds violations, he shall give the landlord notice to correct same within twenty (20) days of receipt of said notice and will automatically reinspect the apartment at the end of said twenty (20) days, or prior thereto, if requested by the landlord.
H. 
If the inspector finds, on his initial requested inspection, that the apartment is in such extreme violation as to be unfit for human habitation or is uninhabitable, in his opinion, he shall advise the tenant and landlord. Thereafter, in such event, the tenant shall have the right to withhold payment of all rent falling due until such time as the violations are corrected.
I. 
In no event shall the landlord be responsible for any violations caused as a result of neglect or malicious mischief on the part of the tenant, tenant's family or guests of the tenant.
J. 
Proof that the landlord gave notice as required pursuant to this section shall be the responsibility of the landlord.
K. 
A statement signed by the tenant acknowledging receipt of the notice, with a copy annexed, or a statement under oath by the landlord or his agent that service was made shall be sufficient to establish prima facie proof of such service.[2]
[2]
Editor's Note: Former Section 5 of Ord. No. 39-76, which immediately followed this section and which established penalties for violations, was deleted 5-18-1982 Ord. No. 16-82 by as being covered by Art. XVII, Penalties, of this chapter.
No occupant shall cook in any dwelling unit or independent rooming unit except where all the required sanitary facilities are installed as required under § 156-22C.
Any adult member of the family shall be responsible and liable for any violation of this section caused by minors under their care or custody occupying the same dwelling unit if the violations were created or permitted to continue with the knowledge, acquiescence or consent of the adult member.