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• City of Saint Anthony Housing Maintenance Ordinance Draft Number 5 -- September 2, 1992 Page Number 9 1 at all times an adequate amount of heated and unheated running water under pressure, and 2 shall be connected to an approved sewer system. 3 4 BATHTUB OR SHOWER. Within every dwelling unit there shall be a nonhabitable room 5 which is equipped with a bathtub or shower in good working condition. In a rental dwelling . 6 unit, such room shall have an entrance door which affords privacy. Said bathtub or shower 7 may be in the same room as the flush water closet, or in another room, and shall be 8 properly connected to an approved water supply system and shall provide at all times an 9 adequate amount of heated and unheated water under pressure, and shall be connected to 10 an approved sewer system. 11 12 STAIRWAYS, PORCHES AND BALCONIES. Every stairway, inside or outside of a 13 dwelling and every porch or balcony, shall be kept in safe condition and sound repair and 14 shall be in compliance with minimum standards in the Minnesota Uniform Building Code. 15 Every flight of stairs and every porch and balcony floor shall be free of deterioration. Every 16 handrail and balustrade shall be firmly fastened and maintained in good condition. No flight 17 of stairs shall have settled out of its intended position or have pulled away from the 18 supporting or adjacent structures enough to cause a hazard. No flight of stairs shall have rotting, loose, or deteriorating supports.- Excepting spiral and winding stairways, the treads w10 and risers of every flight of stairs shall be uniform in width and height. 21 22 ACCESS TO DWELLING UNIT. Access to or egress from each dwelling unit shall be. 23 provided without passing through any other dwelling unit.- 24 25 DOOR LOCKS AND SECURITY. No owner shall occupy nor let to another for occupancy 26 any dwelling or dwelling unit unless all exterior doors of the dwelling or dwelling unit are 27 equipped with safe, functioning locking devices. Any door for ingress or egress of any 28 dwelling or dwelling unit shall be equipped with an approved lock that has a dead-locking 29 bolt that cannot be retracted by end pressure, however, that such door shall be openable 30 from the inside without the use of a key or any special knowledge or effect. Multiple family 31 dwellings shall be furnished with door locks as follows: 32 33 (a) Multiple Family Dwelling Security Systems. For the purpose of providing a 34 reasonable amount of safety and general welfare for persons occupying 35 multiple family dwellings,.an approved security system shall be maintained for 36 each multiple family building to control access. The security system shall 37 consist of locked building entrance or foyer doors, and locked doors leading 38 from hallways into individual dwelling units. Dead-latch type door locks shall 39 be provided with lever knobs (or door knobs) on the inside of building 40 entrance:doors and with key cylinders on the outside of building entrance 41 doors. Building entrance door latches shall be of a type that are permanently 4 locked from the outside and permanently unlocked from the inside.