Ordinance Establising Minumum Standards for Habitable Buildings and Premises

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as to whether the provisions of this ordinance have been complied with, the Board shall continue such order or modify it or revoke it. (f) Any person or corporation who may be aggrieved by the action of the Board of Public Safety in affirming an order of the building commissioner shall have the right to appeal to the Circuit or Superior Court in the county in which said city is located from such action of said board in accordance with all state laws pertaining thereto. Section 6. No person shall occupy as owner - occupant or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking, or eating therein, which does not comply with the following requirements: (a) Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the building commissioner. (b) Every dwelling unit (except as otherwise permitted under the subsection "d" of this section) shall contain a room which affords privacy to a person within said room and which is equipped with a flush water closet and a lavatory basin in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the building commis- sioner. (c) Every dwelling unit (except as otherwise permitted under subsection "DU of this section) shall contain, within a room which affords privacy to a person within said room, a bathtub or shower in good working condition and properly connected to a water and sewer system approved by the bolding commissioner. (d) The occupants of not more than two dwelling traits may share a single flush water closet, a single lavatory basin, and a single bathtub or shower if: (1) Neither of the two dwelling units contains more than two rooms; provided that, Mom