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City of Saint Anthony Housing Maintenance Ordinance • Draft Number 5 -- September 2, 1992 Page Number 10 1 (b) Dwelling Unit Door Locks. Every door that is designed to provide ingress or 2 egress for a dwelling unit within a multiple family building shall be equipped 3 with an approved lock that has a dead-locking bolt that cannot be retracted 4 by end pressure, however, that such door shall be openable from the inside 5 without the use of a key or any special knowledge or effect. 6 7 SUMP PUMP WELLS. At the point of sale of a dwelling unit, sump pumps and drain tile 8 must be inspected visually and/or by smoking to ensure that they are not connected in any 9 manner to the sanitary sewer system. If the Compliance Officer determines the sump pump 10 or drain tile is connected to the sanitary sewer system, the situation must be corrected before 11 the dwelling unit is considered in compliance to be sold. 12 13 MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC CHECK VALVES. At the point of sale of a dwelling unit, 14 a homes sanitary sewer line to the main street line must be inspected for manual and 15 automatic check valves. If the Compliance Officer determines that both manual and 16 automatic check valves are necessary to prevent backflow, the situation must be corrected 17 before the dwelling unit is considered in compliance to be sold. 18 19 MULTIPLE DWELLING OUTDOOR WATER SERVICE METERING. Each multiple • 20 dwelling shall have a meter measuring the amount of water used for such outdoor activities 21 as lawn maintenance, gardening, parking lot cleaning. 22 23 FIRE SAFETY EQUIPMENT. Every dwelling and dwelling unit shall have necessary fire 24 safety equipment, such as fire extinguishers and smoke alarms and other equipment as 25 required by State Fire Code. 26 27 MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR LIGHT AND VENTILATION. No person shall occupy 28 as owner, occupant or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit, for the 29 purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the following requirements: 30 31 HABITABLE ROOM VENTILATION. Except where there is supplied some other device 32 affording adequate ventilation and approved by the Compliance Official, every habitable 33 room shall have at least one window facing directly outdoors which can be opened easily. 34 The minimum total of openable window area in every habitable room shall be in compliance 35 with minimum standards in the Minnesota Uniform Building Code. 36 37 NONHABITABLE ROOM VENTILATION. - Every bathroom and water closet 38 compartment, and every laundry and utility room shall contain at least 50% of the ventilation 39 requirement for habitable rooms contained in Section #####,except that no windows shall 40 be required if such rooms are equipped with a ventilation system which is approved by the 41 Compliance Official. • 42