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removed from or ~hut off from any occupied building or dwelling unit except for such temporary <br />interruptions as may be necessary while such repairs or alterations are in progress, or during <br />temporary emergoncies. <br /> <br />8.60.03 <br /> <br />Minimum Standards for Services and Utilities <br /> <br /> Subd. 1. Permissible Occupancy. Except for families as defined herein, <br />the number of occupants of a rental dwelling unit shall not exceed two times the number of <br />bedrooms in the ~dwelling unit. No more than one family shall occupy a dwelling unit for an <br />extended period of time. <br /> <br /> Subd. 2. Plumbing. All plumbing in every dwelling unit shall be properly <br />installed and maintained in a sanitary, safe, and functioning condition and shall be connected to <br />an approved sewei' system. <br /> <br /> Subd. 3. Toilet Facilities. Within every dwelling unit there shall be a non- <br />habitable room th~at is equipped with a flush water closet in good working condition. In rental <br />dwelling units, such room shall have an entrance door that affords privacy, unless the facilities <br />are accessed onlyithrough a bedroom that does have such an entrance door. Such flush water <br />closet shall be equipped with easily cleanable surfaces, shall be properly connected to an <br />approved water system that at all times provides an adequate amount of running water under <br />pressure to cause the water closet to be operated properly, and shall be connected to an approved <br />sewer system. <br /> <br /> Su~.rd 4. Lavatory Sink. Within every dwelling unit there shall be a <br />lavatory sink. Suoh lavatory sink may be in the same room as the flush water closet or, if located <br />in another room, the lavatory sink shall be located in close proximity to the door leading directly <br />into the room in which the flush water closet is located. The lavatory sink shall be in good <br />working conditionr and shall be properly connected to an approved water supply system and shall <br />provide at all tim~s an adequate amount of heated and unheated running water under pressure, <br />and shall be conner:ted to an approved sewer system. <br /> <br /> Subd. 5. Bathtub or Shower. Within every dwelling unit there shall be a <br />non-habitable room, which is equipped with a bathtub or shower in good working condition. In a <br />rental dwelling urjit, such room shall have an entrance door that affords privacy, unless the <br />facilities are accessed only through a bedroom that does have such an entrance door. Such <br />bathtub or shower.' may be in the same room as the flush water closet, or in another room, and <br />shall be properly connected to an approved water supply system and shall provide at all times an <br />adequate amount bf heated and unheated water under pressure, and shall be connected to an <br />approved sewer system. <br /> <br /> Subd. 6. Bedrooms. All habitable rooms used for sleeping must be <br />provided with an emergency escape/rescue window which must meet the following <br />requirements: (a) ~tbe window must have a net clear area of 5.7 square feet; (b) the minimum <br />opening dimensions must be 20 inches horizontally and 24 inches vertically; and (c) the sill must <br />be not more than 4;4 inches above the floor. <br /> <br />8 <br /> <br /> <br />