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_ ?.?....v.... _ 713.15 OPERATION OF HEATING FACILITIES AND INCINERATORS. Every heating or water-heating facility and incinerator shall be installed and shall operate in accordance with the requirements of the Building Code or the air pollution control ordinances of the City. (Ord. 68-199. Passed 1-7-69.) 713.16 LIGHTING OF PUBLIC AREAS. In every structure containing three or more dwelling units, all public hallways, corridors and stairways shall be provided at all times with required illumination for the safe usage thereof. All other common areas, such as boiler rooms, laundries, basements, cellars, locker rooms and meter rooms, shall be provided with electrical lighting facilities, which when lighted shall provide required illumination for the safe usage thereof. 713.17 DUTIES OF MANAGEMENT. (a) The license issued by the City and required by Section 713.03 shall be conspicuously displayed in every structure containing a rental unit. (b) Each rental unit shall be under the direct management of the owner or his agent or representative. It shall be their duty to maintain a record which shall include the names of all persons being accommodated. (c) It shall be the duty of the owner to take such other measures as may be deemed necessary by the Building Commissioner to preserve the health, comfort and safety of all persons residing in the rental unit(s), and of the general public. 713.18 MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITIES (a) Owner: The owner of every structure containing one or more rental units shall be responsible for the maintenance thereof in good repair and safe condition as required by the terms of the ordinances of the City. The owner shall also be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or common areas of the premises. (b) Occupant: The occupant of a rental unit shall be responsible for maintaining in a clean and sanitary condition that part of the rental unit, structure or premises which he or she occupies and controls. In addition, such occupant shall be responsible for maintaining in good and safe working order the equipment and appliances which the occupant owns. 713.19 GENERAL MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS (a) All structures and premises containing rental units and all parts thereof, both exterior and interior, shall be maintained in good repair and shall be capable of performing the function for which such structures or part of any feature thereof was designed or intended to be used. (b) All equipment and facilities appurtenant to a structure containing one or more rental units shall be maintained in good and safe working order. 713.20 RUBBISH STORAGE FACILITIES. Every structure containing more than three dwelling units shall have approved