§ 150.08. Equipment and facilities.

A.

Kitchen Sink. Each dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink in good working condition.

B.

Water Closet—Lavatory. Each dwelling unit shall contain a room affording privacy and equipped with a flush water closet and a lavatory basin in good working condition.

C.

Bathrooms. Each dwelling unit shall contain a bathroom affording privacy and equipped with a bathtub or shower in good working condition. The rooms mentioned in this subsection and subsection B of this section may be the same room.

D.

Water Lines. Each kitchen sink, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower required under subsection A, B, and C of this section shall be connected with both hot and cold water lines.

E.

Rubbish Storage. Each dwelling unit shall be supplied with adequate rubbish storage facilities in accordance with standards approved by the Housing Inspector.

F.

Garbage Disposal. Each dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage disposal facilities in accordance with standards approved by the Housing Inspector.

G.

Water Heating. Each dwelling unit shall be supplied with water-heating facilities, in safe working condition, and capable of heating water to such a temperature as to supply water to every connected kitchen sink, lavatory basin, bathtub, or shower at a temperature of not less than 110°F.

H.

Means of Egress. Each dwelling unit shall have safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level.

I.

Smoke Alarms. Every dwelling shall be equipped with smoke alarms installed outside of each separate sleeping area in the immediate vicinity of each sleeping area and on each story of the dwelling, including basements and cellars but not including crawl spaces and uninhabitable attics. In dwellings or dwelling units with split levels, a smoke alarm shall be installed on each level. The occupant of any dwelling unit shall be responsible for replacing the battery in battery-operated smoke alarms. The property owner shall be responsible for all maintenance of smoke alarms other than battery replacement. No person shall remove or render a smoke alarm inoperative. Smoke alarms that are not self-contained or battery powered must satisfy Section 93.52(D), (E), and (F) of the Akron Codified Ordinances.

J.

Fire Extinguishers. Every multiple dwelling shall be provided with fire extinguishers of a minimum classification and shall be maintained in a safe and approved operating condition.

K.

Fire Stairs/Sprinkler System. Every multiple dwelling having habitable rooms located on floors exceeding two stories in height above grade, not counting basements, shall be provided with not less than two approved independent exits or exterior fire stairs from each floor above the second floor, fully accessible from each dwelling unit on the floor, or as an alternative, the entire dwelling shall be provided with a residential sprinkler system installed in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard #13R. Penalty, see § 150.99.

(Ord. 708-1997; Ord. 769-1996; Ord. 282-1992; Ord. 181-1992; Ord. 205-1988; Ord. 113-1972)

(Ord. 291-2013; Ord. 152-2017)