68-97 Repeal 1303 Regional Building Code

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dwelling units, or in the shared or public parts of an occupiable structure, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner. 1306.35 APPLICABILITY TO ROOMING HOUSES, ROOMING UNITS, MOTELS AND HOTELS. The provisions of this Code shall apply to all rooming houses, rooming units, motels and hotels that are legally in existence on or which may come into existence after the effective date of this Code. 1306.36 REGULATIONS. No person shall rent, lease, conduct, operate, occupy, maintain or own any interest in any rooming house, rooming unit, motel or hotel except in compliance with every applicable provision of this Code. 1306.37 COOKING DEVICES IN ROOMING UNITS. No person shall install, supply, connect, maintain, operate or use any cooking device in any rooming unit. 1306.38 REQUIRED PLUMBING FIXTURES FOR ROOMING HOUSES. At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, propedy connected to the public water and sewer system, shall be supplied for each three roomers or fraction thereof residing within a rooming house. However, members of the family of the operator of the rooming house may share such facilities provided that the total number of persons does not exceed eight and provided further that in a rooming house where rooms are let only to males, flush udnals may be substituted for one-half the required number of water closets. All such facilities shall be so located within the dwelling as to be reasonably accessible from a common hail or passageway to all persons shadng such facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot and cold running water at all times. No such facilities shall be located in a cellar or basement. 1306.39 ROOMING UNIT EGRESS. Safe and unobstructed means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level shall be provided for each rooming unit. Habitable spaces: Sleeping rooms - No room shall be used for sleeping unless the room is equipped With not less than one operable window or extedor door approved for emergency rescue. Where windows are provided the bottom of the window shall be not more than 44 inches above the floor. The window shall have a clear space of not less than 5.7 square feet and the minimum dimensions shall be not less than 24 inches by 20 inches. Storm windows, screens and safety guards shall be easily opened from the inside. 1306.40 SANITARY MAINTENANCE OF ROOMING HOUSES. The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors and ceilings and for the maintenance of sanitary conditions in every other part of the rooming house, and he shall further be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises which are owned, leased, occupied or under the control of the operator. 1306.41 REPORTING COMMUNICABLE DISEASE. Every operator of a rooming house shall report to the Division of Public Health, immediately upon discovery, any case of reportable communicable disease within the rooming house. 1306.42 MAINTENANCE OF REGISTER. (a) Every operator of a rooming house, motel or hotel shell at all times keep and maintain therein a register, in which shall be the name and home address of each and every person renting or occupying a room or rooms therein, the make, model of automobile, if any, ddven by such person, the registration number thereof and the state in which such vehicle is registered. The person renting a room or rooms therein shall sign such register, and the operator shall thereupon enter opposite such name the number or description of the room or rooms assigned to such person, the date and time. No person shall be permitted to occupy any room therein until ail such entries have been made in such register. tl