Section 45-24.3-11. – Minimum space, use, and location requirements.
§ 45-24.3-11. Minimum space, use, and location requirements. No person shall occupy, or let to be occupied, a dwelling or dwelling unit, for the purpose of living, unless there is compliance with the requirements of this section. (1) Every dwelling unit must contain at least one hundred fifty (150) square feet of floor space for […]
Section 45-24.3-12. – Rooming house.
§ 45-24.3-12. Rooming house. (a) No person shall operate a rooming house, or occupy, or let to another for occupancy, any rooming house except in compliance with the provisions of §§ 45-24.3-6, 45-24.3-7, and 45-24.3-11. No owner or other person shall occupy, or let to another person, any vacant rooming unit unless it is clean, […]
Section 45-24.3-1. – Short title.
§ 45-24.3-1. Short title. This chapter is known and may be cited as the “Rhode Island Housing Maintenance and Occupancy Code”. History of Section.P.L. 1970, ch. 325, § 1.
Section 45-24.3-2. – Legislative findings.
§ 45-24.3-2. Legislative findings. (a) It is found that there exists, and may in the future exist within the state of Rhode Island, premises, dwellings, dwelling units, rooming units, structures, or parts thereof, which by reason of their structure, equipment, sanitation, maintenance, use, or occupancy, affect or are likely to adversely affect the public health, […]
Section 45-24.3-3. – Purpose.
§ 45-24.3-3. Purpose. The purpose of this chapter is to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by establishing minimum standards governing the condition and maintenance of all dwellings and dwelling premises or structures; establishing minimum standards governing utilities and facilities and other physical things and conditions essential to make dwellings safe, sanitary, and fit […]
Section 45-24.3-4. – Applicability.
§ 45-24.3-4. Applicability. (a) Every portion of a building or its premises used or intended to be used for the purpose of dwelling, living, eating, sleeping, or cooking, or occupancy, comply with the provisions of this chapter and with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter irrespective of when the building was constructed, […]