§ 4. Minimum standards for basic equipment and facilities.

No person shall occupy as owner-occupant, or let to another for occupancy, any dwelling or dwelling unit for the purposes of living, sleeping, cooking or eating therein, which does not comply with the requirements of this section:

4.01. 

Every dwelling unit shall have a room or portion of a room in which food may be prepared and/or cooked, and which shall be equipped with the following:

4.01..01. 

A kitchen sink in good working condition apart from the lavatory sink required in section 4.03. Said kitchen sink shall be properly connected to a water supply system which is approved by the appropriate authority, and at all times shall provide an adequate amount of heated and unheated running water under pressure. Said kitchen sink shall be connected to a sewer system or septic tank system which is approved by the appropriate authority.

4.01..02. 

Cabinets and/or shelves for the storage of eating and drinking and cooking equipment and utensils, and of food that does not, under ordinary maximum summer conditions, require refrigeration for safe keeping. Said cabinets and/or shelves shall be adequate for the permissible occupancy of the dwelling unit and shall be of sound construction, with surfaces that arc easily cleanable and that wilt not impart any toxic or deleterious effect to food.

4.01..03. 

A stove or similar device, for cooking food, and a refrigerator, or similar device, for the safe storage of food at temperatures less than forty-five (45) degrees Fahrenheit, but more than thirty-two (32) degrees Fahrenheit, under ordinary maximum summer conditions. Both said stove and refrigerator shall be properly installed with all necessary connections for safe, sanitary and efficient operation. It is provided, however, that such stove, refrigerator and/or similar devices, need not be installed when the dwelling unit is not occupied and when the occupant is expected to provide the same at time of occupancy. In that case a sufficient space for the safe and efficient installation and operation of said stove, refrigerator and/or similar devices shall be provided.

4.02. 

Within every dwelling unit there shall be a nonhabitable room, affording privacy to a person within said room. Said room shall be equipped with a flush water closet in good working condition and such flush water closet shall be equipped with easily cleanable surfaces, be connected to a water system that at all times provides an adequate amount of running water under pressure so as to cause the water closet to be operated properly and it shall also be connected to a sewer system or septic system which is approved by the appropriate authority.

4.03. 

Within every dwelling unit there shall be a room, affording privacy to a person, which is equipped with a lavatory sink. Said lavatory sink may be either in the same room as the flush water closet or in adjacent room. The lavatory sink shall be in good working condition and properly connected to an approved water supply system, which water supply system, which water supply system shall at all times provide an adequate amount of heated and unheated running water under pressure. Said lavatory sink shall be connected to a sewer or septic system which is approved by the appropriate authority.

4.04. 

Within every dwelling unit there shall be a nonhabitable room, which affords privacy to a person within said room, and which is equipped with a bathtub or shower in good working condition. Said bathtub or shower may be in the same room as the flush water closet or in another room. Said bathtub or shower shall be properly connected to a water supply system which is approved by the appropriate authority and which provides at all times an adequate amount of heated and unheated running water under pressure. Said bathtub or shower shall also be connected to a sewer system or septic tank which is approved by the appropriate authority.

4.05. 

Every dwelling unit shall have one or more approved means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level, as required by the law of the State of Connecticut and the Town of Newington.

4.06. 

Every owner of a multiple dwelling who lets dwelling unit(s) to the public shall equip every entrance or exit to said dwelling unit(s) with a positive locking device keyed [on] one side, requiring engagement after closing the door capable of being securely locked from both inside and outside; provided that no such positive locking device shall contain a bevelled latch.

Every owner of a multiple dwelling who lets dwelling unit(s) to the public shall, at his own expense, change the combination of the door lock, or install a new door lock on each entrance or exit to a dwelling unit before a new tenant occupies said unit.