<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 6-232. - Minimum standards applicable to roominghouses; exceptions.</div>
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               All of the provisions of this article, and all of the minimum standards and requirements
               of this article, shall be applicable to roominghouses, and to every person who operates
               a roominghouse, or who occupies or lets to another for occupancy any roominghouse,
               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 whenever these 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.
                  
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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 alone by one occupant shall contain at
                  least 70 square feet of floor area, and 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 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 be further 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 or rooms which afford privacy, are separate from the habitable rooms, are accessible
                  from a common hall, and are accessible without going outside the roominghouse or through
                  any other room therein.
                  
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               (Ord. No. 1993-5, Â§ 10, 5-19-1993)
               
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