Every person who operates a rooming house, or who occupies or
lets to another for occupancy any rooming unit in any rooming house,
shall comply with the provisions of every section of this code, except
as provided in the following sections.
At least one water closet, lavatory basin, and bathtub or shower
properly connected to an approved water and sewer system, and in good
working condition, shall be supplied for each four rooms within a
rooming house wherever the facilities are shared. All such facilities
shall be located within the residence building served and shall be
directly accessible from a common hall or passageway and shall be
not more than one story removed from any of the persons sharing such
facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied
with hot and cold water at all times. Such required facilities shall
not be located in a cellar.
Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall
contain at least 70 square feet of floor area, and every room occupied
for sleeping purposes by more than two persons shall contain at least
50 square feet of floor area for each occupant thereof.
The operator of every rooming house shall supply bed linen and
towels therein at least once each week, and prior to the letting of
any room to another occupant. The operator shall be responsible for
the maintenance of all supplied bedding in a clean and sanitary manner.
Every window of every rooming unit shall be supplied with shades,
drawn drapes or other devices or material which, when properly used,
will afford privacy to the occupant of the rooming unit.
The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for
the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors, and ceilings and for
the sanitary maintenance of every other part of the rooming house,
and he shall be further responsible for the sanitary maintenance of
the entire premises where the entire structure or building within
which the rooming house is contained is leased or occupied by the
operator.
Every water closet, flush urinal, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower required by § 194-4.2 shall be located within the rooming house and within a room or rooms which:
