<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 3.5-40. - Rooming house standards; exceptions.</div>
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               (a)
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               All of the provisions of this chapter, and all of the minimum standards and requirements
               of this article, shall be applicable to rooming houses, and to every person who operates
               a rooming house or who occupies or lets to another for occupancy any rooming unit
               in any rooming house, except as provided in the following subdivisions:
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               (1)
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               <span class="ital">Water closet, hand lavatory and bath facilities.</span> At least one (1) water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, property connected
               to an approved water and sewer system and in good working condition, shall be supplied
               for each four (4) rooms within a rooming house wherever such facilities are shared.
               All such facilities shall be located within the residence building served, shall be
               directly accessible from a common hall or passageway and shall not be more than one
               (1) 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.
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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 (1) occupant shall contain at least
               seventy (70) square feet of floor area, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes
               by more than one (1) occupant shall contain at least fifty (50) square feet of floor
               area for each occupant twelve (12) years of age and over and at least thirty-five
               (35) square feet of floor area for each occupant under twelve (12) years of age.
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               (3)
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               <span class="ital">Sanitary conditions.</span> The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance
               of all walls, floors and ceilings, and for the sanitary maintenance of every other
               part of the rooming house; and shall be further responsible for the sanitary maintenance
               of the entire premises where the entire structure or building within which the rooming
               house 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 (a)(1) of this section shall be located within the rooming house and within
               a room or rooms which afford privacy and are separate from the habitable rooms, and
               which are accessible from a common hall and without going outside the rooming house
               or through any other room therein.
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               (Ord. of 5-2-00, Â§ 3.5-41)
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