[Ord. 3/6/66, § 2101]
The articles and provisions of the State Tenement Housing Act
and other relevant State statutes are incorporated by reference.
[Ord. 3/6/66, § 2102]
Whenever it shall be decided by the board that any building
or part thereof is unfit for human occupation by reason of its harboring
disease among the occupants, and notice of the 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
the building, or part thereof, for such reason as stated in the notice,
the building or part thereof, shall within 10 days be vacated, or
in case of a special emergency, when such shorter time, as is in the
notice may be specified. Every notice shall be void if within the
premises, so vacated the cause for the giving of the notice shall
be cured, so that the condition existing, and upon which the notice
is based, shall no longer exist.
[Ord. 3/6/66, §§ 2103
— 2105]
a.
The owner or other person in charge and control of any building in
the borough, shall provide watertight and covered receptacles for
receiving garbage and other refuse matter. No building, or any part
thereof, shall be used as a place of storage for any article detrimental
to health.
b.
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.
c.
The owner, lessee, tenant or occupant of every building or structure,
within the right or ability either to remedy or to prevent the same,
shall not cause or allow any matter or thing to be done, in or about
any building or structure which is dangerous or prejudicial to health.
[Ord. 3/6/66, § 2106]
The owner or occupant of any structure, covered by this section,
shall permit access to a representative of the board for inspection
at reasonable hours; except in the case of an emergent health situation
when such access shall be awarded forthwith.
[Ord. 12/4/78, § 1]
As used in this section:
Shall mean a written, verbal or implied contract.
Shall mean any building or structure or group or complex
of buildings or structures in which two or more units of dwelling
space are occupied or are intended to be occupied by two or more persons
who live independently of each other.
Shall mean a building or structure where one or more persons
is employed.
[Ord. 12/4/78, § 2(a)]
For the purpose of this section, wherever a building is heated
by means of a furnace, boiler or other apparatus under control of
the owner, agent or lessee, the owner, agent or lessee must be deemed
to have contracted, undertaken or bound himself to furnish heat in
accordance with the provisions of this subsection, in the absence
of a contract or agreement to the contrary.
[Ord. 12/4/78, § 2(b)]
The presence of heating ducts, radiators, risers or returns
in any halls or apartments or any subdivision of a building shall
be prima facie evidence of an implied contract to furnish heat.
[Ord. 12/4/78, § 3]
a.
Every multiple dwelling, business, commercial, governmental, industrial
and institutional building shall contain heating facilities which
are properly installed and maintained in safe and good working condition
and the heating facilities shall be capable of maintaining a minimum
inside temperature of 70° F. in all occupiable rooms, bathrooms
and water closet compartments, whenever the outside temperature is
at or above 0° F. The temperature shall be read at a height of
48 inches above the floor level at the center of the occupiable rooms
located in the aforesaid buildings.
b.
From October 1 to April 30, every occupiable room, bathroom and water
closet compartment shall be supplied with sufficient heat to maintain
therein a minimum temperature of 70° F. regardless of the outside
temperature, whatever hours of each day the building is in use and
occupied.
c.
From May 1 to September 30 every occupiable room, bathroom and water
closet compartment shall be supplied with sufficient heat to maintain
therein a minimum temperature of 70° F., whenever the outside
temperature falls below 55° F., between the hours of 6:00 a.m.
and 11:00 p.m. in multiple dwellings, and during the usual hours of
employment in places of employment and public buildings.
