70-24-321. Tenant to maintain dwelling unit. (1) A tenant shall:
     (a) comply with all obligations primarily imposed upon tenants by applicable provisions of building and housing codes materially affecting health and safety;
     (b) keep that part of the premises that the tenant occupies and uses as reasonably clean and safe as the condition of the premises permits;
     (c) dispose from the dwelling unit all ashes, garbage, rubbish, and other waste in a clean and safe manner;
     (d) keep all plumbing fixtures in the dwelling unit or used by the tenant as clean as their condition permits;
     (e) use in a reasonable manner all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, and other facilities and appliances, including elevators, in the premises;
     (f) conduct oneself and require other persons on the premises with the tenant's consent to conduct themselves in a manner that will not disturb the tenant's neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of the premises; and
     (g) use the parts of the premises including the living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and dining room in a reasonable manner considering the purposes for which they were designed and intended. This section does not preclude the right of the tenant to operate a limited business or cottage industry on the premises, subject to state and local laws, provided the landlord has consented in writing. The landlord may not unreasonably withhold consent, provided that the limited business or cottage industry is operated within reasonable rules of the landlord.
     (2) A tenant may not destroy, deface, damage, impair, or remove any part of the premises or permit any person to do so.

     History: En. 42-422 by Sec. 22, Ch. 313, L. 1977; R.C.M. 1947, 42-422; amd. Sec. 6, Ch. 222, L. 1993.