Thinking of renting your home? Have a current home you rent? Here are some things that you need to be aware of!
THOU SHALL NOT ALLOW ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS TO EXIST WITHIN A LEASED PREMISES FOR MORE THAN TWO DAYS FOLLOWING NOTICE OF SUCH CONDITION EXISTING WITHIN SAID PREMISES:
- Unsafe wiring
- Unsafe flooring or steps
- Unsafe ceilings or roofs
- Unsafe chimneys or flues
- Lack of potable water
- Lack of operable locks on all doors leading to the outside
- Broken windows or lack of operable locks on all windows on the ground level
- Lack of operable heating facilities capable of heating living areas to 65 degrees Fahrenheit when it is 20 degrees Fahrenheit outside from November 1 through March 31
- Lack of an operable toilet
- Lack of an operable bathtub or shower
- Rat infestation as a result of defects in the structure that make the premises not impervious to rodents
- Excessive standing water, sewage, or flooding problems caused by plumbing leaks or inadequate drainage that contribute to mosquito infestation or mold
- No safe, continuous, and unobstructed exit from the interior of the building to the exterior at street or grade level
- No access provided to all rooms within a dwelling unit without passing through a public space
- No operable smoke detector or alarm
- Every place of habitation shall comply with the current county health regulations governing carbon monoxide alarms