§ 3. Responsibilities of owners and occupants.

3.01. 

No owner or other person shall occupy, or let to another person, any vacant dwelling or dwelling unit unless said dwelling or dwelling unit and the premises are clean, sanitary and fit for human occupancy, and comply with all applicable legal requirements of the State of Connecticut and the Town of Newington.

3.02. 

Every owner of a dwelling containing two (2) or more dwelling units shall maintain in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or public areas of the dwelling and premises thereof.

3.03. 

Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall maintain in a clean and sanitary condition that part or those parts of the dwelling, dwelling unit and premises thereof that he occupies and controls.

3.04. 

Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall store and dispose of all his rubbish in a clean, sanitary and safe manner.

3.05. 

Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall store and discard in a clean, sanitary and safe manner all his garbage and any other organic waste which might provide food for rodents and insects. If a container is used for storage pending collection it shall be secure against entry by insects and rodents and shall be watertight.

3.06. 

Every owner of a dwelling containing three (3) or more dwelling units shall supply facilities or containers for the sanitary and safe storage and/or disposal of rubbish and garbage by the occupant of said dwelling unit. In the case of single-or two-family dwellings it shall be the responsibility of the occupant to furnish such facilities or containers.

3.07. 

The owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit or structure shall be responsible for providing and hanging all screens and double or storm doors and windows whenever the same are required under the provisions of this ordinance [code] or any rule or regulation adopted thereunder, except where a written agreement between the owner and occupant has provided otherwise. In the absence of such an agreement, maintenance or replacement of screens, storm doors and windows, once installed in any one season, become the responsibility of the occupant.

3.08. 

Every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rodents or other pests therein or on the premises. Every occupant of a dwelling unit, in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit, shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his dwelling unit is the only one infested. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a rat-proof or reasonably insect-proof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two (2) or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two (2) or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner.

3.09. 

Every occupant of a dwelling unit or structure shall keep all plumbing fixtures and facilities therein in a clean, operable and sanitary condition, and shall be responsible for the exercise of reasonable care in the proper use and operation thereof.

3.10. 

No owner or occupant of a dwelling, dwelling unit or structure shall accumulate rubbish, boxes, lumber, scrap metal, or any other material in such a manner that may provide a rodent harborage or rodent food in or about any dwelling, dwelling unit, or structure.