For an owner keep or maintain a dwelling, including rented or leased premises, below the minimum standard established under § 85-5B of this chapter;
(b)
To fail to comply with an order issued by the Public Agency under this chapter;
(c)
To occupy a dwelling or structure having notice of an order not to use and occupy the same;
(d)
To destroy, disconnect, or render inoperable a smoke detector in a rental dwelling or unit;
(e)
To violate and provision or standard contained in this chapter; and
(f)
To do any of the foregoing by neglect, omission, or through an agent.
(3)
The civil penalty for violating this chapter is $275 for the first offense, and $550 for subsequent offenses, each day a violation continues constating a separate offense.
I.
Minimum standards for rented or leased dwellings. In addition and without exclusion to the minimum standard established for dwellings under this chapter, no landlord, as defined herein, renting or leasing a residential dwelling in the City, shall maintain those rented premises in a condition in which:
(1)
The premises are infested by insects and rodents where the landlord is not conducting a periodic inspection and remediation program. As used in this paragraph, "remediation" means action taken by the landlord that substantially reduces the presence of bed bugs in a dwelling unit for a period of at least 60 days;
(2)
There is defective internal plumbing or a back-up of sewage caused by a faulty septic or sewage system;
(3)
There are exposed wires, improper connecters, defective switches or outlets or other conditions which create a danger of electrical shock or fire;
(4)
The roof or walls leak consistently;
(5)
The plaster is falling or has fallen from the walls or ceilings;
(6)