<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 10-63. - Roominghouses.</div>
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               All provisions of this article shall be applicable to roominghouses and bed and breakfast
               establishments, and to every person who operates a roominghouse or a bed and breakfast
               establishment or who operates or lets to another for occupancy any rooming unit in
               any roominghouse or bed and breakfast establishment, except as provided in the following
               subsections:
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Water closet, hand lavatory and bath facilities.</span> At least one water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, properly connected
                  to an approved water and sewer system and in good working condition, shall be supplied
                  for each four rooms within a roominghouse wherever such facilities are shared. All
                  such facilities shall be located within the residence building served and shall be
                  directly accessible from a common hall or passageway and shall be not more than one
                  story removed from any of the persons sharing such facilities. Every lavatory basin
                  and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot and cold water at all times. Such
                  required facilities shall not be located in a cellar or uninhabitable basement.
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Minimum floor area for sleeping purposes.</span> Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one occupant shall contain at least<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH70UT" class="section-link" data-product-id="14529"> 70</a> square feet of floor area. Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than
                  one occupant shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor area for each occupant
                  12 years of age and over, and at least 35 square feet of floor area for each occupant
                  under 12 years of age.
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Sanitary conditions.</span> The operator of every roominghouse shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance
                  of all walls, floors and ceilings and for the sanitary maintenance of every other
                  part of the roominghouse. He shall further be responsible for the sanitary maintenance
                  of the entire premises where the entire structure or building within which the roominghouse
                  is contained is leased or occupied by the operator.
                  
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                  (4)
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Sanitary facilities.</span> Every water closet, flush urinal, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower required by
                  subsection (1) of this section shall be located within the roominghouse and within
                  a room which affords privacy and is separate from the habitable rooms and which is
                  accessible from a common hall and without going outside the roominghouse or through
                  any other room herein.
                  
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 10-63; Ord. of 4-2-1991(2), Â§ 10; Ord. of 6-6-2000(1))
               
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