151.26 Rooming House License
151.26 ROOMING HOUSE LICENSE
(a) Every owner or operator of a rooming house shall make application for a rooming house license in the office of the City Controller on a form provided by the City Controller. A fee of $10 to cover the cost of inspection must accompany each application. On receipt of an application for a rooming house license, an inspection shall be made of the rooming house for which the application has been made. Inspection of the rooming house shall be made by the Building Commissioner, Health Officer, and Fire Chief and if the rooming house complies with all of the provisions of this chapter, then the City Controller shall issue a rooming house license to the applicant for the calendar year. Rooming house licenses must be renewed annually and the period of renewal shall be between September 1 and December 1 of the year from which the existing license was issued. A fee of $10 to cover reinspection expense must accompany each renewal application.
(b) Whenever an inspection is made of any rooming house by the Building Commissioner, Health Officer, or Fire Chief and it is found that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provision of this chapter, the Building Commissioner shall give notice in writing to the operator of the rooming house that unless the conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period, the operator’s rooming house license may be suspended. Notice of the alleged violation shall be served on the person or persons responsible therefor in the manner set forth in 151.35 through 151.41. If the work involved in correcting the alleged violation shall not be completed within the time allotted in the notice, the rooming house operator’s license shall be immediately suspended until full compliance is made. It shall be the duty of the Building Commissioner to proceed forthwith to cause the rooming house, or part thereof, to be brought in compliance with the orders issued in the manner prescribed. On receipt of any notice suspending a rooming house license, the operator shall immediately cease operation of the rooming house and no person shall occupy for sleeping or living purposes any rooming unit therein.
(c) Rooming house licenses shall designate the maximum number of persons who may occupy a rooming house and each rooming unit therein.
(d) Rooming house licenses shall designate the room number assigned to each rooming unit.
(e) No rooming house license shall be transferable.
(f) It shall be the duty of the owner or operator holding a rooming house license to notify the City Controller in writing within 24 hours of any transfer or other disposition of the premises for which a rooming house license shall have been issued. The notice shall include the name and address of the persons succeeding to the ownership or control of each rooming house.
(g) The owner or operator shall display the rooming house license at all times in a conspicuous place near the main entrance of the rooming house.
(h) No person shall alter, tamper, or remove a rooming house license from the rooming house without written permission of the City Controller. The City Controller shall keep a duplicate of the rooming house license in his file.
(i) All rooming houses within the city must have been issued a rooming house license by January 1, 1967, and after that date, no person shall operate a rooming house which has not been licensed in accordance with this sub chapter.
(j) Any person whose application for a rooming house license has been denied, may file within ten days after the denial with the Board of Public Works and Safety a written appeal, including a brief statement of the reasons therefor and a detailed statement of facts supporting the appeal.
(k) The owner or operator of a rooming house containing two or more rooming units shall place or cause to be placed a number on the outside of the main door of each unit. The number on the outside of the door to the rooming unit shall correspond to the number for that unit designated on the rooming house license for that particular rooming house. No two rooming units shall bear the same number. The maximum number of persons who may occupy the rooming unit shall be posted in each unit and shall not be changed without the written approval of the Building Commissioner. (‘72 Code, 44.10) (Ord. 2231-1966) Penalty, see 10.99
More Categories:
- 151.01 Applicability of Chapter
- 151.02 Definitions
- 151.03 Conflicts With Other Ordinances
- 151.04 Shift of Responsibilities
- 151.10 Sanitary Facilities
- 151.11 Heating Facilities
- 151.12 Lighting, Ventilation and Electrical Req.
- 151.13 General Requirements and Maintenance
- 151.14 Minimum Space, Use and Location Req.
- 151.20 Responsibilities of Owners Etc.
- 151.21 Maintenance of Neighborhood Environment
- 151.25 Rooming Houses
- 151.27 Rooming House Facilities
- 151.35 Designation of Unfit Dwellings
- 151.36 Officials Power to Condem and Remove
- 151.37 Notice to Vacate Dwelling
- 151.38 Immediate Evacuation
- 151.39 Placards
- 151.40 Securing Unfit Dwelling Against Entry
- 151.41 Removal By City
- 151.45 Inspection of Dwellings, Etc.
- 151.46 Issuance of Permits
- 151.47 Prosecution of Existing Violation
- 151.48 Cooperation
- 151.49 Maintenance of Records
- 151.50 Penalties