Shelton housing code (149 §§, 12 article targets): general provisions, residential standards, minimum standards, enforcement, hearing/appeal, fees, penalties, conformance, and housing partnership. Shell chapter; each article fetched separately.

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Shelton

Municipal housing and tenant protection ordinances

Partial coverage

Rules (152)

Establishment and authority

Membership and terms

Officers

Purposes

Identification of a landlord

Legislative finding

Title

Definitions

Liability of officials

Lawsuits against officers, agents, employees, to be defended by corporation counsel

Compliance with state building code required

Conflicts between codes, ordinances or regulations

Housing site development agency designated

Housing code certificate of occupancy required

Dwellings and premises to be clean, sanitary and fit before occupancy

Owners to keep shared or public areas sanitary

Occupant to maintain premises in sanitary condition

Safe and sanitary disposal of rubbish

Safe and sanitary storage of garbage and organic waste

Owner to provide screens, storm doors, storm windows; occupant to maintain

Extermination of insects and rodents

Occupant to use care in the use and operation of plumbing fixtures

Rubbish accumulation

Compliance with article required

Water closets, lavatory basins, bathtubs and showers

Cooking prohibited

Communal cooking, dining facilities prohibited; exception

Units to have operating locks

Bed linen and towels

Required space in rooming house sleeping rooms

Means of egress required

Unit windows to have drapes, etc

Unit arrangement

Maintenance standards for hotel, motel operators

Permit—Required; display; transferability; change of ownership; expiration

License—Requirements

Same—Application; expiration

Same—Display

Suitability of licensees

Suspension of license

Appeal on suspension of license

Removal, discontinuance, of service facilities or utilities

Fire protection

Application, maintenance of interior paint

Compliance with article required

Food preparation and cooking facilities

Flush water closet required

Lavatory required

Bathtub or shower required

Proximity of habitable rooms, bathrooms or water closets to commercial uses

Roof requirements

Floor requirements

Windows, exterior doors, hatchway requirements

Window sashes to have glass panes or approved substitute

Rodentproofing required for ground level windows, openings

Means of egress from dwelling unit required

Minimum window or skylight areas required

Operable window or skylight areas required

Lighting and ventilation requirements for kitchenette, bathroom and water closet compartments

Electrical service, outlets and fixtures

Lighting in public halls and stairways in multiple dwellings

Heating facilities required; minimum temperature capability required

Minimum floor space required for occupancy

Minimum floor space required in sleeping rooms

Room arrangements

Ceiling height

Use of space below grade as habitable room

Storage space

Exterior property areas to be clean, sanitary

Premises to be properly graded

Exterior wood surfaces to be painted

Lead paint

Exterior walls

Safety requirements for stairs, porches, railings and other exit facilities

Structural parts of dwellings to be safe; capable of supporting normal loads

Water closet compartment; bathroom floor surface