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 Cincinnati
 Code of Ordinances
 Title XI. CINCINNATI BUILDING CODE
 Chapter 1117. HOUSING CODE

  § 1117-45. General Maintenance and Repair.  

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  • 1117-45.1 Premises conditions: All residential buildings, and all parts thereof, together with the premises on which they are located, shall be kept in good repair and free from unsafe, unclean and insanitary conditions, so that all parts thereof shall function properly and provide approved conditions of safety and sanitary habitability.

    1117-45.2 Supplied fixtures and equipment: Every plumbing installation, gutter and downspout, required supplied facility, piece of equipment, or utility shall be so constructed or installed that it will function safely, and shall be maintained in satisfactory working condition.

    1117-45.3 Service or utility not to be shut off: No owner, person in control, operator, or occupant shall cause any service, facility, equipment, or utility which is required under this Housing Code to be removed or shut off from or discontinued for any occupied dwelling, let or occupied by him except for such temporary interruption as may be necessary while actual repairs or alterations are in process, or during temporary emergencies.

    1117-45.4 Hardware for fire doors: All automatic and self-closing devices, and other hardware for required fire doors, or other opening protectives shall be maintained in good working condition.

    1117-45.5 Unrestrained fire doors: No object shall be placed, and no restraining devices shall be installed so as to interfere with the proper functioning of a required fire door or other opening protective.

    1117-45.6 Unused gas outlets: Each gas outlet, including a valve or cock outlet, that is not to be used immediately, and each unused gas illuminating fixture shall be removed and the line shall be securely closed gastight with a threaded plug or cap, or, in lieu thereof, the use of a quick-disconnect device that is listed by the American gas association, inc., laboratories.

    1117-45.7 Insect and rodent control: Every owner, person in control, or operator shall exterminate any insects, rodents or other pests on the premises.

(Ordained by Ord. No. 67-1996, eff. Apr. 5, 1996; a. Ord. No. 418-2010, § 33, eff. Nov. 24, 2010)