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Vt. Residential Rental Housing Health & Safety Code (adopted under 18 V.S.A. ch. 172 / 20 V.S.A. ch. 172)

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Vt. Residential Rental Housing Health & Safety Code (adopted under 18 V.S.A. ch. 172 / 20 V.S.A. ch. 172)
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Vermont (state)
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5 - Sanitation Facilities
5.1 Kitchen Facilities: Every dwelling unit shall contain within the unit space to store,
prepare and serve foods in a sanitary manner, including the presence of a
kitchen sink.
5.2 Bathroom Facilities:
5.2.1 Every dwelling unit shall contain within the unit a flush toilet, sink and
bathtub or shower located in a room or rooms separate from the habitable
rooms and which affords privacy.
5.2.2 Shared Bathroom Facilities: The occupants of not more than two dwelling
units which are located within the same dwelling may share bathroom facilities
under the following circumstances:
5.2.2.1 Neither of the two dwelling units contains more than two
habitable rooms. However, for the purpose of this section, a kitchen with
not more than 60 square feet of floor area is not counted as a room: and
5.2.2.2 The habitable room area of each dwelling unit aggregates not
more than 300 square feet: and
5.2.2.3 The toilet and sink are within a room separate from the
habitable rooms, which affords privacy, and which is accessible to the
occupants of each dwelling unit without going through the dwelling unit
of another person or outside the dwelling; and
5.2.2.4 The bathtub or shower is within a room separate from the
habitable rooms, which affords privacy, and which is accessible to the
occupants of each dwelling unit without going through the dwelling unit
of another person or outside the dwelling.
5.2.3 Rooming Houses:
5.2.3.1 Every rooming house shall be equipped with at least one toilet
and one sink for each 10 persons and one bathtub or shower for each
eight persons or fraction thereof living within the rooming house,
including members of the immediate family of the owner if they share
use of the facilities.
5.2.3.2 Every toilet, sink and bathtub or shower