Ordinance Establising Minumum Standards for Habitable Buildings and Premises

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any occupied dwelling let or occupied by him, except for such temporary interruption as may be necessary while actual repairs or alterations are in process, or during temporary emergencies when discontinuance of service is approved by the health officer or building commissioner. (h) No owner shall occupy or let to any other occupant any vacant dwelling unit unless it is clean, sanitary and fit for human occupancy. (i) All courts, yards, or other areas on the premises outside of every dwelling shall be drained so as to prevent the accumula- tion of surface water, and shall be kept free from rubbish, garbage or other matter deleterious to health or constituting a fire hazard, and from rodent infestation. (j) The building commissioner shall determine that a dwelling is unfit for human habitation or a building is dangerous if he finds that interior walls or other vertical structural members which list, lean or buckle to such an extent that a plumb line passing through the center of gravity falls outside the middle third of its base; supporting member or members which show 33 per cent or more of damage or deterioration or non - supporting enclosing or outside walls or covering which shows 50 per cent or more of damage or deteri- oration; floors or roofs which have improperly distributed loads, which are so '-damaged by fire, wind or other causes as endangers the lives, safety or welfare of the occupants or other people in the city. Section 9. No person shall occupy or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the following requirements: (a) Every dwelling unit shall contain at least 150 square feet of floor space for the first two occupants thereof and at least 80 additional square feet of floor space for every additional foot of floor space for every additional). occupant thereof, the floor space to -13-