East Haven, Conn., Code of Ordinances app. A § III

3.01 No owner or other person shall occupy or let to another person any vacant dwelling or dwelling unit unless it and the premises are clean, sanitary, fit for human occupancy, and comply with all applicable legal requirements of the State of Connecticut and the Town of East Haven.
3.02 Every owner of a dwelling containing two or more dwelling units shall maintain in a clean and sanitary condition the shared or public areas of the dwelling and premises thereof.
3.03 Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall maintain in a clean and sanitary condition that part or those parts of the dwelling, dwelling unit and premises thereof that he occupies or controls.
3.04 Every occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall store and dispose of all his refuse which might provide food for insects, rats or other animals, in a clean, sanitary and safe manner. Rat-proof, insect-proof, watertight, structurally durable refuse containers shall be used for storage pending collection.
3.05 Every owner of a dwelling containing three or more dwelling units shall supply facilities or containers for the sanitary and safe storage and/or disposal of all refuse. In the case of single or two family dwellings, it shall be the responsibility of each occupant to furnish such facilities and/or refuse containers.
3.06 The owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall be responsible for providing and hanging all screens and double or storm doors and windows whenever the same are required under the provisions of this ordinance or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, except where an agreement between the owner and occupant has been arranged in writing. In the absence of such an agreement, maintenance or replacement of screens, storm doors and windows, once installed in any one season, becomes the responsibility of the occupant. The occupant's responsibility shall be exclusive to his or her dwelling unit.
3.07 Every occupant of a dwelling containing a single dwelling unit shall be responsible for the extermination of any insects and/or rodents on the premises; and every occupant of a dwelling unit in a dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit shall be responsible for such extermination whenever his dwelling unit is the only one infested. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection, whenever infestation is caused by failure of the owner to maintain a dwelling in a rat-proof or reasonably insect-proof condition, extermination shall be the responsibility of the owner. Whenever infestation exists in two or more of the dwelling units in any dwelling, or in the shared or public parts of any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units, extermination thereof shall be the responsibility of the owner.
3.08 No occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall accumulate rubbish, boxes, lumber, scrap metal, or any other materials in such a manner that may provide a rat harborage in or about any dwelling or dwelling unit. Stored materials shall be stacked neatly in piles elevated at least eighteen (18) inches above the ground or floor.
3.09 No owner of a dwelling containing three (3) or more dwelling units shall accumulate or permit the accumulation of rubbish, boxes, lumber, scrap metal, or any other materials in such a manner that may provide a rate harborage in or about the shared or public areas of a dwelling or its premises. Materials stored by the owner shall be stacked neatly in piles at least eighteen (18) inches above the ground or floor.
3.10 No owner or occupant of a dwelling or dwelling unit shall store, place or allow to accumulate any materials that may serve as food for rats in a site accessible to rats.
3.11 Every occupant of a dwelling unit shall keep all supplied fixtures and facilities therein in a clean, sanitary and operable condition and shall be responsible for the exercise of reasonable care in the proper use and operation thereof.
3.12 In every dwelling unit and/or rooming unit when the control of the supplied heat is the responsibility of a person other than the occupant, a temperature that may be required from time to time by federal or state law shall be maintained in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and water closet compartments and rooms used for food preparation.
3.13 Every occupant of a dwelling, dwelling unit, or rooming unit shall give the owner thereof, or his agent or employee, access to any part of such dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit, or its premises at all reasonable times for the purpose of making such repairs or alterations as are necessary to effect compliance with the provisions of this ordinance or with any lawful rule or regulation adopted or any lawful order issued pursuant to the provisions of this ordinance.
3.14 Every owner of a dwelling or dwelling unit or rooming unit remains ultimately responsible, and shall be held liable, subject to the penalties stipulated for violation of this ordinance for the occupant's failure to fulfill his responsibilities.