[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 1; Ord. No.
90-41 § 1]
It shall be the duty of every person, firm or corporation who
shall have contracted or undertaken, or shall be otherwise bound,
or legally obligated to heat or to furnish heat for any building,
part of any building, apartment or space occupied as a home or place
of residence, of one or more persons, or as a business establishment
where one or more persons are employed, to heat or to furnish heat
to every occupied portion of such building, part thereof, apartment,
room or space, so that a minimum temperature of 68° F. is maintained
therein from October 1 and the next succeeding May 1 provided, however,
that the provisions of this section shall not apply to buildings or
parts thereof used and occupied for trades, businesses or occupations
where high or low temperatures are essential and unavoidable.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 2]
For the purpose of this section, wherever any building, or the
part thereof so concerned, is heated by means of a furnace, boiler
or other apparatus under the control of the owner, agent or lessor,
in the absence of an agreement to the contrary, the owner, agent or
lessor shall be deemed to have contracted, undertaken or bound himself
or herself to furnish heat in accordance with the provisions of this
section.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 3]
With respect to the obligation or duty to furnish heat to or
in a building, apartment or portion thereof, occupied as a home or
place of residence, the term "at all times," as used in this section,
shall mean the time between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.,
and with respect to the obligation or duty to furnish heat to a building
or portion thereof used and occupied as a business establishment,
the term "at all times," as used in this section, shall mean the usual
working hours established and maintained in the building or portion
thereof so involved.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 4]
The term "contract," as used in this chapter, shall be taken
to mean and include a written, verbal or implied contract and the
presence of heating outlets, radiators, risers or returns in any hall
or apartment, or subdivision of a house, shall be prima facie evidence
of an implied contract.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A1 § 5; Ord. No.
90-41 § 2]
At no times, however, shall the minimum temperature be permitted
to fall below 55° F. from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. between October
1 and the next succeeding May 1, in any building, apartment, part
of any building or apartment, or other space wherein or where for
there shall be any obligation to furnish heat. It shall be the duty
of every person, firm or corporation, who shall have such obligation
to so furnish such heat, to so maintain the same in accordance with
this and all other sections of this chapter.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A2 § 1]
In all buildings occupied as residences by two or more families
and when the owner thereof shall have agreed to supply hot water,
sufficient hot water, at least at 145° F. shall be supplied at
all times.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A3 § 1]
In all buildings occupied as residences by two or more families
and when the owner thereof shall have agreed to supply refrigeration
facilities, he is hereby required to supply and maintain such refrigeration
facilities at all times and in such manner as may be necessary for
the proper and wholesome preservation of food stuffs.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A4 § 1]
No person shall let or occupy, or suffer to be occupied separately
as a dwelling, any vault, cellar or underground room whatsoever, unless
every part thereof, shall be at least seven feet in height, measured
from the floor to the ceiling thereof, and unless the same be for
at least three feet of its height above the surface of the street
or ground adjoining or nearest to the same and unless there is an
air space of not less than four inches below the level of the floor
and unless the same have external window openings of at least nine
square feet clear at all points in elevation of the sash frame, which
shall be so constructed that it may be opened for the purpose of ventilation.
This section shall not be construed to affect or apply to any existing
uses, unless such uses are otherwise detrimental to the health of
the occupants of the premises.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A4 § 2]
No person who has the right or power to prevent the same shall
knowingly cause or permit any person to sleep or remain in any cellar,
or in any place dangerous or prejudicial to health by reason of a
lack of ventilation or drainage, or by reason of the presence of any
poisonous, noxious or offensive substance.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A5 § 1]
No owner, tenant, agent or lessee of any building, or any part
thereof, shall lease, let or hire out the same, or any portion thereof,
to be occupied by any person, or allow the same to be occupied as
a dwelling or lodging place, unless such building, or parts thereof
so occupied, are sufficiently lighted, ventilated, meet all of the
plumbing requirements, and are in all respects in that condition of
cleanliness and wholesomeness required by this Code and by all applicable
laws of this State.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A6 § 1]
No owner nor other person in charge or control of any tenement
or any other building shall permit any building, or part thereof,
to be occupied or inhabited, if the same is unfit for human habitation,
by reason of its being infected with vermin, or by reason of its being
in a condition dangerous to health or otherwise likely to cause disease
among the inhabitants.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A6 § 2]
Whenever it shall be decided by the Board that any building
or part thereof is unfit for human habitation by reason of its harboring
disease, or by reason of its being otherwise likely to cause disease
among the occupants, and notice of such decision shall have been affixed
conspicuously on the building, or any part thereof, and personally
served upon the owner, agent or lessee, if the same can be found in
the State, requiring all persons therein to vacate from such building,
or part thereof, for such reason as stated in the notice aforesaid,
such building or part thereof shall, within 10 days thereafter, be
vacated, or in case of a special emergency within such shorter time
as in the notice may be specified. Every such notice shall be void
if, within the time limited by the notice, or before the premises
are so vacated, the cause for the giving of such notice shall be so
cured, so that the condition theretofore existing and upon which the
notice is based, shall no longer exist.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A7 § 1]
The owner or other person in charge and control of any tenement
or other building in the Borough, shall provide proper and suitable
conveniences or receptacles for receiving garbage and other refuse
matter. No less than one receptacle shall be provided for each apartment
or family, and such receptacle shall be of metal construction, and
provided with a cover therefor. No tenement, or other building, nor
any part thereof, shall be used as a place of storage for any article
detrimental to health.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A8 § 1]
All buildings hereafter erected or constructed in the Borough
and all buildings hereafter converted or to be converted in whole
or in part, shall conform to the following requirement:
a.
The basement or cellar of any building shall be so constructed as
to be reasonably dry, adequately ventilated and the foundation walls
and floor shall be rodent proof.
b.
If a room in a residence building is overcrowded, the Health Officer
shall order the number of persons sleeping or living in the room to
be reduced so that there shall be not less than 480 cubic feet of
air to each person over the age of 12 years and 300 cubic feet of
air to each child under 12 years of age occupying such room.
c.
In every dwelling unit containing two or more rooms, there shall
be running water and at least one sink connected to the public sewer
or to an approved sewage disposal system; there shall also be therein
at least one wash basin, one water closet, one bathtub or shower stall,
all of which shall have a sufficient supply of water and be of a type
approved by the Board.
d.
Water closets, urinals, bathtubs and shower baths must be located
in rooms separated from habitable rooms by floor-to-ceiling partitions
and doors. Any room containing a water closet or urinal must have
at least 10 square feet of free floor area and at least 100 cubic
feet of air space for each water closet and each urinal and must be
directly ventilated to outer air by means of window or ventilating
duct. All ducts must be at least one square foot in area.
e.
All places of business shall be equipped with proper and adequate
toilet facilities, such as toilet, wash basin, with adequate water
supply.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A8 § 2]
Where more than two persons occupy any dwelling unit, food shall
not be prepared or cooked in any room used for sleeping purposes.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A8 § 3]
Every building, and its appurtenant premises, shall, at all
times, be kept clear and free from accumulation of dirt, filth, garbage
or other detrimental matter.
[Ord. 7-15-59 A8 § 4]
The owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of every building or structure,
within the right or ability of either to remedy or prevent the same,
shall not cause or allow any matter or thing to be done, in or about
any such building or structure, dangerous or prejudicial to health.
[Ord. 7-17-73 § 1]
No person shall operate, maintain or engage in the business and operation of a laundromat, launderette, or a laundry in a multiple dwelling by the use of coin operated machines as defined under Section BH2-1 without first obtaining a license from the Board to do so.
