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Sec. 15.1-30. Minimum standards.

No person shall operate a rooming house, lodging house or


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hotel unless such building conforms with the provisions of
this chapter for dwellings; except, that the following requirement
for certain equipment and facilities shall be substituted
for the provisions of section 15.1-18:

At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin, bathtub or
shower, properly connected to a water and sewerage system
approved by the enforcing officer and in good working condition,
shall be supplied for each eight persons or fraction
thereof, including members of the operator's family wherever
they share the use of such facilities. Every lavatory
basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot
water at all times. All such facilities shall be located within
the dwelling so as to be reasonably accessible from a common
hall or passageway to all persons sharing such facilities.
(10-5-64.)