Occupants of residences shall not, after notice as required under §
159-25, occupy or continue to occupy premises which are substandard by reason of the failure of the dwelling unit or rooming unit occupied by them or of the dwelling or premises to conform to and comply with the requirements of this chapter. Upon discovery by the occupant of any condition on premises occupied by the occupant which constitutes a violation of this chapter, the occupant shall report the same to the Public Officer responsible for enforcement of this chapter as more particularly set forth in §
159-157.
Upon discovery by an occupant of any condition
on the premises which constitutes a violation of this chapter, the
occupant shall report the same to the Public Officer responsible for
enforcement of this chapter.
All parts of the premises under the control
of the occupant or operator shall be kept in a clean and sanitary
condition, and the occupant shall refrain from performing any acts
which would render other parts of the premises unclean or insanitary
or which would obstruct the owner or operator from performing any
duty required under this chapter or maintaining the premises in a
clean and sanitary condition.
Occupants of residences shall place all garbage
in the receptacles provided for garbage disposal and shall, where
janitor service is not supplied, place for disposal all garbage and
other refuse in garbage cans located in the exterior of the premises
in an area designated and set forth for the same. Where janitorial
service for the removal of garbage and other refuse to the exterior
of the premises is provided by the owner or operator, then the occupant
shall dispose of garbage and other refuse in containers provided therefor
by the owner or operator in designated and enclosed areas in the interior
of the premises. Garbage and other refuse shall not be thrown out
of windows or down dumbwaiters, nor shall garbage and refuse be set
out on stairways or fire escapes or in common hallways. All fire escapes,
stairways and common areaways and common hallways shall be kept free
of accumulations of personal belongings. All dumbwaiters shall be
operable at all times where in existence and used as a regular part
of the garbage disposal system.
Every occupant or operator shall be responsible
for willfully or maliciously causing damage to any part of the premises.
No occupant shall cause excessive discoloration
of the sidewalls or ceilings of any part of the premises of a dwelling
by improper use of heating or cooking equipment.
Where any occupant of a dwelling undertakes by contract or as a condition of his letting to supply his own heat through a furnace or boiler which also heats a dwelling unit or rooming unit occupied by other persons, such occupant shall be responsible for supplying heat in accordance with the provisions of §§
159-117 to
159-122.
Where any occupant of a dwelling undertakes to install heating equipment, the same shall conform to the requirements of §§
159-109 to
159-122. The occupant shall thereafter be responsible for maintaining such equipment installed by him in good repair and operating condition during all times that the heating equipment shall remain under his control.
Every occupant or operator shall maintain all
plumbing fixtures used by him in a clean and sanitary condition and
he shall not deposit any material in any fixture or sewer system which
would result in stoppage of or damage to the fixture or sewer system.
Where the owner or operator would not otherwise
know of a defect of any facility, utility or equipment required to
be furnished under this chapter, and the same is defective or inoperable,
each occupant or operator affected thereby shall, upon learning of
the defect, provide notice to the owner, operator or other person
in charge of the premises. Nothing in this section shall be construed
to provide a defense to any owner or operator violating this chapter.
No occupant shall occupy or permit the occupancy of any rooming unit or dwelling unit in violation of the occupancy standards established in §§
159-133 to
159-144.
No occupant shall cook in any dwelling unit or independent rooming unit except where all the required sanitary facilities are installed as required under §
159-93.
No occupant shall occupy or continue to occupy a dwelling unit or rooming unit that does not have provision for bathroom facilities as required under §§
159-88 and
159-89.
Any adult member of the family shall be responsible
and liable for any violation of this article caused by minors under
his or her care or custody occupying the same dwelling unit, if the
violations were created or permitted to continue with the knowledge
or acquiescence or consent of such adult member.