Moore, OK Rental Property Rules: Repairs & Habitability (2026)

The Moore Multi-Family Code, adopted by Ord. 919(19) on August 7, 2019, applies the 2015 International Property Maintenance Code to every residential structure with three or more dwelling units that is three or more stories tall. Sec 8-1302 rewrites Section 101.2 of that code to require minimum standards for premises, structures, equipment, and facilities covering light, ventilation, space, heating, sanitation, protections from the elements, fire safety and sanitary maintenance, binding owners, agents, operators and occupants alike. Sec 8-1302 also replaces Section 602.3 to require every owner or operator to supply heat maintaining a minimum indoor temperature of 68 degrees Fahrenheit in all habitable rooms, bathrooms and toilet rooms, and amends Section 402.2 to require common halls and stairways to carry the equivalent of a 60-watt bulb per 200 square feet with no more than 30 feet between fixtures.

Section 404.4.1 sets minimum room sizes of 120 square feet for a living room and 70 square feet for a bedroom. The amendments rename the enforcing body the Code Enforcement Department in place of a department of property maintenance inspection, and route appeals of a code official's decision to the Moore City Council within 20 days of the notice. Sec 8-1303 makes clear the Multi-Family Code layers on top of, and never lessens, every other requirement of the Moore Municipal Code, with the Community Development Director resolving any conflict in favor of the more stringent standard.