No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or
let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the
purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating therein, which does
not comply with the following requirements.
[Amended 7-28-1992]
Every dwelling unit shall contain a room or
space for the storage, preparation and cooking of food, which shall
include space for a stove or other cooking facilities and space for
dry food storage and space for refrigerated food storage and shall
include a kitchen sink installed. The sink shall be in good working
condition and properly connected to a hot and cold running water system
under pressure and shall be installed and maintained in a manner prescribed
by ordinances, rules and regulations of the Town of Farmington.
Every dwelling unit shall be equipped with a
complete bathroom fixture group consisting of a flush water closet,
lavatory basin and bathtub or shower in good working condition and
installed and maintained in a manner prescribed by ordinances, rules
and regulations of the Town of Farmington. Said fixture group shall
be properly connected to an approved sewer system and to an approved
hot and cold running water system under pressure, except that the
flush water closet shall be connected to an approved sewer system
and to an approved cold running water system under pressure. The flush
water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower need not be installed
in the same room, but said room or rooms shall afford privacy to a
person within said room or rooms.
Every dwelling unit shall be supplied with adequate
rubbish storage facilities and with adequate garbage disposal facilities
or garbage storage containers whose type and location are approved
by the FVHD. It shall be the responsibility of the owner to supply
such facilities or containers for all dwelling units in a multiple
dwelling. In all other cases it shall be the responsibility of the
occupants to furnish such facilities or containers.
[Amended 2-13-2019]
The water-heating facilities necessary to provide the hot water required under §§
118-13,
118-14,
118-52 and
118-59 shall be properly installed and connected to the hot-water lines required under those sections, shall be maintained in safe and good working condition and shall be capable of heating water to such a temperature as to permit an adequate amount of water to be drawn at every required kitchen sink, lavatory, basin, bathtub or shower at a temperature of not less than 115º F. Such supplied water-heating facilities shall be capable of meeting the requirements of this section when the dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming unit heating facilities required under the provisions of §
118-23 are not in operation.
Every dwelling unit shall have safe, unobstructed
means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level as
required by the statutes, ordinances and regulations of the State
of Connecticut and the Town of Farmington.