Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit
shall keep in clean and sanitary condition that part of the dwelling,
dwelling unit or premises thereof which he occupies or controls, including
the exterior portion of said premises.
Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit
shall be responsible for the exercise of proper care and cleanliness
in the use and operation of all plumbing fixtures, sanitary facilities,
appliances and equipment therein.
Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit
shall dispose of rubbish, garbage and other matter that might become
a health, accident or fire hazard. In a dwelling containing three
or more dwelling units, adequate rubbish and garbage containers shall
be supplied by the owner.
A.
Every residential building shall be maintained free
from rodents. Such maintenance shall include construction designed
to prevent rodents from entering a building by blocking off or stopping
up all passages by which rodents may gain entry, and includes the
closing of openings in exterior walls with materials through which
rodents cannot penetrate, together with such interior rodent stoppage,
harborage removal and cleanup as may be necessary to reduce or eliminate
rodent breeding places.
B.
Every occupant of a single dwelling or dwelling unit
shall be responsible for the extermination of any rodents, vermin
or other pests therein or on the premises. Every occupant of a dwelling
or dwelling unit in a building containing more than one dwelling unit
shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his dwelling
unit is the only one infested, except that whenever such infestation
is caused by the failure of the owner to carry out the provisions
of this chapter, extermination shall be the responsibility of the
owner. When two or more dwelling units within a building are so infested,
it shall be the responsibility of the owner to carry out the provisions
of this chapter within such building, as cited above, with respect
to extermination.
Every owner of a building containing three or
more dwelling units shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean
and sanitary condition the shared or public areas of the dwelling
and premises thereof.
Every owner of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming
house and rooming unit shall be responsible for keeping supplied facilities
in proper operating condition.
Every owner or operator of a building who permits to be occupied any dwelling unit or rooming unit therein under an agreement, expressed or implied, to supply or furnish heat to the occupants thereof shall supply heat adequate to maintain therein, from September 15 to May 15 of the following year, a minimum inside temperature of 70° F. based on outside design temperature in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, shower rooms and toilet rooms or compartments, between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 11:00 p.m., and not less than 60° F. between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. in all such rooms. The provisions of this section shall not apply where the failure to maintain minimum requirements results from any cause beyond the control of the owner or occupant. The temperature herein shall be measured as described in § 158-35A.
No owner, operator or occupant shall cause any
service, facility, equipment or utility which is required to be supplied
by the provisions of this chapter to be removed from or shut off from
or discontinued for any occupied dwelling unit, except for necessary
repairs, alterations or emergencies, and not beyond a reasonable time
to effectuate said repairs or alterations.
No person shall occupy, or permit to be occupied
by another, any vacant dwelling or dwelling unit, unless or until
it is in good repair, clean, sanitary, in habitable condition and
in full compliance with all the provisions of this chapter and the
rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
