6 (c) Little Falls Rental Housing Maintenance Code

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Sterling Codifiers, Inc. Page 17 of 44 15. Vacant Dwelling Units: No owner shall occupy or permit any other person to occupy any vacant dwelling unit or rooming unit unless it is clean, sanitary, and complies with all provisions of this section. The owner of any dwelling shall be responsible for the removal of all garbage, rubbish, and other discarded debris left on the premises where the dwelling unit is vacant. 16. Hanging Of Screens: Every owner of a dwelling let to another shall be responsible for hanging all screens whenever the same are required under the provisions of this section. Screens shall be hung not later than May 1 of each year. This provision shall not preclude the owner and tenant from agreeing by written contract to have said tenant hang the screens as required above for other than multiple dwellings. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the owner from engaging a tenant, caretaker, or any person from hanging the screens for remuneration. , 17. Prohibited Uses: No person shall use or permit the use of any dwelling or any building or any lot or premises for any use not permitted by the city's land use regulations (zoning) code. ', 18. Numbering Units: All habitable units let to another in a multiple dwelling shall be numbered or lettered in an approved and conspicuous manner on each passage door ' I leading from such unit. All passage doors from each unit shall have the same number � or letter and no two (2) units shall bear the same number or letter. Cross reference subsection H12, "Address Posting", of this section. 19. Mailboxes: Every owner shall provide a suitable mail deposit box for each rental unit. Such mail deposit box shall be approved by the United States postal service. 20. Changing Or Altering Locks: No person shall change or alter any keyed lock, or place � such a new lock on the entrance of a dwelling unit without first providing the tenant or ' owner of that dwelling unit with a suitable functional key to operate such a lock. A tenant shall obtain permission of the owner, in writing, before installing permanent i locks. � 21. Doorbells Or Buzzers: Every multiple dwelling of eleven (11) or more dwelling units or eleven (11) or more rooming units shall be equipped with an operable system of bells, buzzers or other signaling devices which operate from the exterior of a locked entryway and signal either within each dwelling unit and rooming unit or in the hallway or common area of each floor of the building. 22. Secured Egress And Ingress To Be Provided For Certain Multiple Dwellings: All multiple dwellings containing eleven (11) or more dwelling units or eleven (11) or more rooming units existing now or hereafter created shall provide the following security measures: all doorways leading to the exterior or to an exterior vestibule or entry must be secured by a locking device approved by the housing inspector. The locking devices provided for required egress doorways shall be of a type that will engage and lock automatically when the door is in the closed position within the frame provided. Further, locks on such required egress doors shall be openable from the exterior by the use of a key or other approved device. A key box of a type approved by the Little Falls fire department shall be installed for access by public safety agencies of the city of Little Falls, namely, the fire department and police department. All locking common ', http://www.sterlingcodifiers.com/codebook/printnow.php 6/7/2017