Basic bathroom, kitchen, and plumbing rules for housing

(a) Dwelling units, lodging houses, and congregate residences. Every dwelling unit, lodging house and congregate residence shall be provided with a bathroom equipped with facilities consisting of a water closet, lavatory, and either a bathtub or shower. (b) Hotels. Where private water closets, lavatories, and baths are not provided, there shall be provided on each floor for each sex at least one water closet and lavatory and one bath accessible from a public hallway. Additional water closets shall be provided on each floor for each sex at the rate of one for every additional 10 guests, or fractional number thereof, in excess of 10. Such facilities shall be clearly marked to designate the sex. (c) Kitchen. Every dwelling unit shall be provided with a kitchen. Every kitchen shall be provided with a kitchen sink. No wooden sink or sink of similarly absorbent material shall be permitted. (d) Fixtures. (1) All plumbing fixtures shall be connected to a sanitary sewer or to an approved private sewage disposal system. All plumbing fixtures shall be connected to an approved system of water supply and provided with hot and cold running water necessary for its normal operation. (2) All plumbing fixtures shall be of an approved glazed earthenware type or of a similarly nonabsorbent material. (e) Water closet compartments. Walls and floors of water closet compartments, except in dwellings, shall be finished in accordance with the building code. (f) Room separations. Every water closet, bathtub, or shower required by this code shall be installed in a room that will afford privacy to the occupant. (g) Installation and maintenance. All sanitary facilities shall be installed and maintained in a safe and sanitary condition and in accordance with all applicable requirements of the plumbing code. )