Resolutions - Hoboken NJ

No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or let to another for occupation any dwelling or dwelling unit,
for the purpose of living, sleeping, cooking or eating therein, which does not comply with the following
requirements:
A. Every dwelling unit shall contain a kitchen sink in good working condition and properly connected to a
water and sewer system approved by the Health Officer.
B. All dwelling units are required to have a private bathroom, with a separate room contiguous to and
capable of being closed off from the rest of the dwelling unit, supplied with adequate heat, light, hot
and cold running water and properly connected to a water and sewer system equipped with flush
toilet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, all in good working condition.
C. Every kitchen sink, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower required under the provisions of this chapter
and this subsection shall be properly connected with both hot and cold waterlines.
D. Every dwelling unit shall be supplied with adequate rubbish storage facilities, type and location of which
are approved by the Health Officer or as per law.
E. Every dwelling unit shall have adequate garbage disposal facilities or garbage containers, type and
location of which are approved by the Health Officer or as per law.
F. Every dwelling unit shall have supplied water-heating facilities which are properly installed, are
maintained in safe and good working condition, are properly connected with the hot waterlines
required under the provisions of this chapter and are capable of heating water to be drawn at every
required kitchen sink, lavatory basin, bathtub or shower at a temperature of not less than 120° F.
G. Every dwelling unit shall have safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to safe and open space at
ground level, as required by the laws of this state and this City.
§ 95-5. Light, ventilation and heating.
No person shall occupy as owner-occupant or let to another for occupancy any dwelling or dwelling unit,
for the purpose of living therein, which does not comply with the following requirements:
A. Every habitable room shall have at least one window or skylight facing directly to the outdoors. The
minimum total window area, measured between stops, for every habitable room shall be 10% of the
floor area of such room. Whenever walls or other portions of structures face a window of any such
room and such light-obstruction structures are located less than three feet from the window and
extend to a level above that of the ceiling of the room, such window shall not be deemed to face
directly to the outdoors and shall not be included as contributing to the required minimum total
window area. Whenever the only window in a room is a skylight-type window in the top of such room,
the total window area of such skylight shall equal at least 15% of the total floor area of such room.
B. Where an interior room without its own source of natural light and ventilation is adjacent to an outside
room having both, such room will be considered acceptable as a habitable room on the basis of the
calculate combined floor area of the two rooms and provided that the separating wall between them