6 (c) Little Falls Rental Housing Maintenance Code

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Sterling Codifiers,Inc. Page 14 of 44 reasonably weathertight, watertight and rodentproof; and shall be kept in a professional state of maintenance and repair. Exterior walls shall be maintained and kept free from dilapidation by cracks, tears or breaks or from deteriorated plaster, stucco, brick, wood or other material that is e�ensive and gives evidence of long neglect. b. The protective surface on exterior walls of a building above ground level shall be maintained in good repair so as to provide a sufficient covering and protection of the structural surface underneath against its deterioration. �thout limiting the generality of this section, a protective surFace of a building shall be deemed to be out of repair if: (1) The protective surface has paint which is blistered, cracked, flaked, scaled or chalked away including window trim, cornice members, porch railings and other such areas. (2) The pointing of any chimney or the pointing of any brick or stone wall is loose or has fallen out. (3) Any exterior surFace or plane required to be repaired under the provisions of this section shall be repaired in its entirety. 3. Pest E�ctermination: Every owner of a dwelling shall be responsible for the extermination of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premises. The housing inspector may order the extermination done by a person licensed to do such work when in the housing inspector's opinion the infestation is widespread and severe. 4. Other Pests Constituting Nuisance: Whenever it shall appear to the housing inspector that rats, skunks, snakes, starlings, grackles, common wild pigeons, or bats which are creating an offensive, nauseous, hurtful, dangerous, unhealthful, or uncomfortable condition to or for any person or persons or to the neighborhood, said housing inspector is authorized to decree such conditions a public nuisance and said housing inspector or an authorized representative shall issue a written notice to the owner or person in charge of or in control of the premises to remove, exterminate or otherwise rid the premises of the cause of such public nuisance within a reasonable period of time. Where the owner of the premises or the person in charge or control thereof cannot be found after due diligence, the written notice referred to in this section may be posted upon the premises with the same force and effect as though served upon the owner. 5. Interior: a. Every interior partition, wall, floor, door, window, trim surFace, radiator, and ceiling shall be kept in a professional state of repair. Interior partitions, walls and ceilings shall be provided with an interior finish material specifically manufactured for, and intended to be used as an interior finished surface. Walls, floors, and ceilings that are required to be fire rated by new construction http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/printnow.php 6/7/2017