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Sec. 15.1-18. Minimum kitchen and bathroom equipment.

No owner shall occupy 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


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working condition and properly connected to a water and
sewerage system approved by the enforcing officer.

(b) Every dwelling unit (except as otherwise permitted under
subsection (c) of this section) shall contain a room, separate from
habitable rooms, affording privacy and equipped with a flush
water closet, a lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, all properly
connected to a water and sewerage system approved by the
enforcing officer.

(c) Every dwelling shall have supplied water-heating facilities
which are properly installed, are maintained in safe and good
working condition, and are capable of heating water to a
minimum temperature of one hundred twenty degrees
Fahrenheit. When hot water is provided by a landlord, the
minimum temperature of the water so furnished shall be one
hundred twenty degrees Fahrenheit. (10-5-64; 6-19-67; 11-20-67;
3-3-69.)