[Amended 12-11-1984 by Ord. No. 1956; 3-26-1985
by Ord. No. 1978]
A.
It shall be the duty of every person who shall have contracted
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 or residence of one or more persons or as a business establishment
where one or more persons are employed to so heat or to so furnish heat to
every occupied portion of such building so that a minimum temperature of 68°
F. is maintained therein at all times, provided that the provisions of this
section shall not apply to buildings or parts thereof used and occupied for
trades, business or occupations where high or low temperatures area essential
and unavoidable.
B.
At no time, however, shall the minimum temperature be
permitted to fall below 65° F. in any building, apartment, part of any
building or apartment or other space wherein or wherefor there shall be any
obligation to furnish heat. It shall be the duty of every person who shall
have such obligation to so furnish such heat to so maintain the same in accordance
with this and all the other sections of this article pertaining to heating.
[Amended 12-11-1984 by Ord. No. 1956]
For the purpose of the provisions of this article pertaining to heating,
wherever any building or 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 with the tenant or
occupant, such 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 article pertaining to heating.
A.
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 the provisions of this article
pertaining to heating, shall mean that from October 1 to May 1 between the
hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., the person obliged to furnish heat shall
maintain a minimum of 68° F. and from 11:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. a minimum
of 65° F. in every habitable room.
B.
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 the provisions of this article pertaining
to heating, shall mean the usual working hours established and maintained
in the building or portion thereof so involved.
The term "contracted," as used in the provisions of this article pertaining
to heating, shall be taken to mean and include an obligation arising by 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.
In all buildings occupied for residential purposes by two or more families
and when the owner thereof shall have agreed to supply hot water, sufficient
hot water of a temperature of at least 140° F. shall at all times be supplied.
In all buildings occupied as residence by two or more families and when
the owner or lessor thereof shall have agreed to supply refrigeration facilities,
he shall be and 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 foodstuffs.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 17-8, Construction requirements for
vaults and cellars, etc., occupied separately as dwelling, which immediately
followed this section, was deleted 10-13-1992 by Ord. No. 2375.
A.
No person having 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 want of
ventilation or drainage or by reason of the presence of any poisonous, noxious
or offensive substance or by reason of lack of suitable sanitary facilities.
B.
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 and ventilated and have available suitable sanitary facilities and
are in all respects in that condition of cleanliness and wholesomeness required
by this Code and by all applicable laws of this state.
C.
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 occupation 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 its inhabitants.
D.
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 of thing to be done in or about
any such building or structure dangerous or prejudicial to health.
No part of any building occupied in whole or in part for store or mercantile
purposes shall be used for living or sleeping accommodations unless the same
are separated by solid walls or partitions from the part occupied for store
or mercantile purposes.