[Added 11-12-1992, approved 11-13-1992]
When used in this article, the following words or terms shall have the following meaning:
CHILD or CHILDREN
Any person 10 years of age or younger.
DEPARTMENT
The City of Mount Vernon Department of Buildings.
INSTALLATION OF WINDOW GUARDS
Proper installation and maintenance of window guards in a manner approved by the Department.
LANDLORD
Any owner, agent or other person who manages or controls a multiple dwelling.
TENANT
Any lessee or other occupant regularly residing within a dwelling unit, regardless of whether said occupant is a part to a lease agreement.
A. 
The landlord shall provide, install and maintain a window guard of a type deemed acceptable by the Department, installation to be made pursuant to specifications provided by the Department, on the windows of each dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling in which a child or children reside and on the windows, if any, in the public halls of a multiple dwelling in which such child or children reside, except that this section shall not apply to windows giving access to fire escapes or a window on the first floor that is a required means of egress from the dwelling unit. It shall be the duty of said landlord to ascertain whether such a child or children resides therein.
B. 
No tenant or occupant of a multiple dwelling, or other person, shall obstruct or interfere with the installation of window guards required by Subsection A nor shall any person remove such window guards.
C. 
No landlord shall refuse a written request of a tenant or occupant of a multiple dwelling to install window guards, regardless of whether such installation is required by Subsection A, except that this subsection shall not apply to windows giving access to fire escapes or to a window on the first floor that is a required means of egress from the dwelling unit.
A. 
All leases offered to a tenant in a multiple dwelling must contain a notice, conspicuously set forth therein, which advises the tenant of the obligation of the landlord to install window guards and where further information regarding the procurement of such window guards is available.
B. 
The landlord must cause to be delivered to each dwelling unit of a multiple dwelling a notice advising occupants of the obligation of such landlord to install window guards and where further information regarding the procurement of such window guards is available. Such notice must be provided on an annual basis in a form and manner approved by the Department.
C. 
The landlord must cause to be delivered to each dwelling unit of a multiple dwelling, within 30 days of a change of occupancy not involving a written lease, a notice advising the occupants of the obligation of such landlord to install window guards and where further information regarding the procurement of such window guards is available.
This article shall take effect pursuant to the following schedule:
A. 
Multiple dwellings with 60 or more dwelling units: effective January 1, 1993.
B. 
Multiple dwellings with 30 through 59 dwelling units: effective March 1, 1993.
C. 
Multiple dwellings with 16 through 29 dwelling units: effective June 1, 1993.
D. 
Multiple dwellings with three through 15 dwelling units: effective January 1, 1994.