Florissant, MO Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

6 Utilities requires every dwelling and dwelling unit to carry all the basic continuous utility services as a matter of public health and safety: electrical service, natural or propane gas service or other acceptable heating ability, potable drinking water, sanitary sewer or a fully functional septic system, and solid waste collection for an approved occupancy. 3 Heating Supply goes further for rentals specifically: an owner or operator who rents, leases or lets a dwelling or sleeping unit and furnishes heat, whether by express or implied lease term, must maintain a minimum temperature of sixty-eight degrees Fahrenheit in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms.

Two exceptions soften that floor: when the outdoor temperature falls below the winter design temperature listed in Appendix D of the International Plumbing Code, the landlord is excused as long as the heating system is running at full capacity, and where the average monthly outdoor temperature stays above thirty degrees Fahrenheit, a minimum indoor temperature of sixty-five degrees satisfies the code instead. 4, requires occupiable work spaces to be held at sixty-five degrees while occupied. 1.