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17-801.4 Food preparation: All spaces used or intended to be used for food preparation shall contain suitable space and equipment to store, prepare and serve food in a sanitary manner. There shall be adequate facilities and services for the sanitary disposal of food wastes and refuse, including facil- ities for temporary storage when necessary. 17-801.5 Supplied fixtures and equipment: The owner or occupant of a struc- ture or part thereof shall keep the supplied equipment and fixtures therein clean and sanitary, and shall be responsible for the exercise of reasonable care in their proper use and operation. 17-801.6 Furnished by occupant: The equipment and fixtures furnished by the occupant of a structure shall be properly installed, and shall be maintained in good working condition, kept clean and sanitary~ and free of defects, leaks or obstructions. SECTION 17-802.0 EXTERMINATION 17-802.1 Owner: The owner of any structure shall be responsible for exter- mination within the structure prior to renting or leasing the structure. 17-802.2 Tenant-occupant: The tenant-occupant of any structure shall be responsible for the continued rat-proof condition of the structure, and if the tenant-occupant fails to maintain the rat-proof condition, the cost of extermination shall be the responsibility of the tenant-occupants 17-802~3 Single occupancy: The occupant of a structure containing a single dwelling unit or of a single non-residential structure shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rats or other pests in the structure or on the premises. 17-802.4 Multiple occupancy: Every owner, agent or operator of two or more dwelling units or multiple occupancies, or non-residential structures and rooming houses, shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects, rats or other pests in the public or shared areas of the structure and premises. When infestation is caused by failure of an occupant of a unit of the two or more dwelling units or by an occupant or leasee of a non- residential structure to prevent such infestation in the area occupied, the occupant shall be responsible for such extermination. 17-802.5 Continued rat infestation: Continuing or repeated incidents of rat infestation determined from the official records shall require the instal- lation of rat and vermin proof walls. The rat and vermin proof walls shall be installed in accordance with the building code. ARTICLE 9 HAZARD ABATEMENT IN EXISTING BUILDINGS SECTION 17-900.0 GENERAL 17-900.1 Scope: The provisions of this article are intended to provide a reasonable degree of safety to persons occupying existing buildings that do not conform to the minimum requirements of the building code by requiring the following alterations to such existing buildings. 17-900.2 Application of other codes: All alterations to an existing building which are caused directly or indirectly by the enforcement of this code shall be done in accordance with the applicable procedures and provisions of the building, plumbing and mechanical codes and NFiPA 70-87. 17-900.3 Continued maintenance: All service equipment, means of egress devices and safeguards which are required by this article or which were required by a previous statute or another code in a building or structure when erected, altered or repaired shall be maintained in good working order. The requirements of this article are not intended to provide the basis for removal 29