[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.1, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 10-1-1984]
No person shall operate a rooming house, boardinghouse, lodging
house or hotel or shall operate or let to another for occupancy any
rooming unit in any rooming house, boardinghouse, lodging house or
hotel except in compliance with the provisions of every section of
this article.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.1, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 10-1-1984]
No person shall operate a rooming house, boarding house, lodging
house or hotel unless he holds an annual permit issued by the Director
of Health in the name of the operator and for the specific dwelling
or dwelling units to be used for occupancy. This permit shall assure
compliance with the provisions of this division and shall be required
before a license to operate such facility is issued by the Milford
Police Department. Also, inspection and approval by the Milford Fire
Marshal shall be required.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.1, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 10-1-1984; Ord. of 12-7-1992; Ord. of 6-2-2003]
The operator shall apply to the Director of Health for the permit required by Section 11-107, which shall be issued by the Director of Health upon compliance by the operator with the applicable provisions of this article and payment of a fee in the amount of $75.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.2, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 10-1-1984]
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.1, 1-7-1963]
The permit required by Section 11-107 shall be displayed in a conspicuous place within the rooming house, at all times.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.1, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 10-1-1984]
No permit required by Section 11-107 shall be transferable. Every person holding such a permit shall give notice in writing to the Director of Health within 24 hours after having sold, transferred, given away, or otherwise disposed of ownership of, interest in, or control of any rooming house. Such notice shall include the name and address of the person succeeding to the ownership or control of such rooming house.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.3, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 10-1-1984]
Whenever upon inspection of any rooming house the Director of
Health finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation
of any provision of this article, the Director of Health shall give
notice in writing to the operator of such rooming house that unless
such conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period,
to be determined by the Director of Health, the operator's rooming
house permit will be suspended. At the end of such period, the Director
of Health shall reinspect such rooming house, and if he finds that
such conditions or practices have not been corrected, he shall give
notice in writing to the operator that the latter's permit has
been suspended. Upon receipt of notice of suspension such operator
shall immediately cease operation of such rooming house, and no person
shall occupy for sleeping or living purposes any rooming unit therein.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.4, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 10-1-1984]
Any person whose permit to operate a rooming house has been
suspended, or who has received notice from the Director of Health
that his permit is to be suspended unless existing conditions or practices
at his rooming house are corrected, may request in writing and shall
be granted a hearing if filed within 20 days following the day on
which such permit was suspended, otherwise such permit shall be deemed
to have been automatically revoked.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.1, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 12-7-1992]
Every rooming house permit required by Section 11-107 shall expire on the first day of May following its date of issuance, unless sooner suspended or revoked as provided in this division. However, all licenses issued prior to May 1, 1992, that would expire January 31, 1993, shall remain in full force and effect through the first day of May 1993.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.5, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 10-11-1984]
At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub
or shower, properly connected to a water and sewer system approved
by the Director of Health, and in good working condition, shall be
supplied for each six persons or fraction thereof residing within
a rooming house, including members of the operator's family wherever
they share the use of such facilities, provided that in a rooming
house where rooms are let only to males, flush urinals may be substituted
for not more than 1/2 the required number of water closets.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.5, 1-7-1963; Ord. of 10-1-1984]
All facilities required by Section 11-115 shall be located within the dwelling as to be reasonably accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing such facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot water at all times in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-38. No such facilities shall be located in a basement except by written approval of the Director of Health.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.6, 1-7-1963]
The operator of every rooming house shall change supplies, bed
linen, and towels therein at least once a week, and prior to the letting
of any room to any occupant. The operator shall be responsible for
the maintenance of all supplies and bedding in a clean and sanitary
manner.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.7, 1-7-1963]
(a)
Every rooming unit shall have safe, unobstructed means of egress
leading to safe and open space at ground level, as required by the
statutes, ordinances and regulations of the state and the City.
(b)
Each story of every building used as a rooming house shall have at
least two means of egress from each floor and shall be as remotely
located from one another, as possible, so as to provide the best practicable
means of egress for all occupants in the event fire or other emergency
renders one exit impassable. Stairways leading from one level to another
shall be segregated at each level, with no holding open devices, having
a fire resisting rating of at least one hour. Elevators shall not
be approved as an approved form of egress. Exit signs shall be required
showing location of approved exits. Rooming houses having more than
five roomers shall be required to have an approved emergency lighting
system.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 16.1, 1-7-1963]
All rooming houses shall have a storage area minimum of 40 square
feet for the storage of miscellaneous articles of the occupants and
no storage other than this will be allowed. The storage of gasoline
powered equipment such as lawn mowers, snow plowers, outboard motors
or gasoline shall not be allowed within such buildings excepting a
room for the storage of this type of equipment, necessary for mowing
of lawns, removal of snow, etc., shall be provided at grade level
and access to such room shall be only from the outside. If storage
space is to be provided for automobiles, etc, with occupancies above,
such space shall be segregated from all areas of occupancies by doors,
floors, walls and ceilings having a fire-resisting rating of not less
than two hours, with adequate ventilation directly to the outside.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.8, 1-7-1963]
The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for
the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors and ceilings and for
maintenance of a sanitary condition in every other part of the rooming
house; and he shall be further responsible for the sanitary maintenance
of the entire premises where the entire structure or building is leased
or occupied by the operator.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.9, 1-7-1963]
Every provision of this article which applies to rooming houses shall also apply to hotels, except as provided in Section 11-122 and except to the extent that any such provision may be found in conflict with the laws of this state or with the lawful regulations of any state board or agency.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.10, 1-7-1963]
No meals may be prepared or eaten in a rooming house, other than in a dwelling unit contained therein, unless such meals are prepared and eaten in communal kitchens and dining rooms conforming to the standards of Sections 11-123 and 11-124 except that this section shall not apply to the eating of meals in establishments which hold valid restaurant licenses issued by the City health department and which have the rooming house and restaurant operations integrated as a single business enterprise.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.11, 1-7-1963]
A communal kitchen shall comply with the following standards:
(1)
It shall contain at least 60 square feet of floor area in every case
and at least 100 square feet if meals are both prepared and eaten
therein.
(2)
If occupants are permitted to eat meals therein, it shall be supplied with one dining chair and two linear feet of dining table space, in addition to the surface area for food preparations required under Subsection (2) below, for each occupant of the rooming house permitted to eat in the kitchen, the surface of each dining table to be smooth and easily cleanable;
(3)
It shall contain at least one supplied kitchen sink of an approved type which shall be supplied with hot water at all times in accordance with the provisions of Section 11-38;
(4)
It shall contain at least one supplied kitchen gas stove or electric
stove, every such stove to have at least two top burners and an oven;
(5)
It shall contain one supplied electric or gas refrigerator with an
adequate food storage capacity;
(6)
It shall contain one or more supplied tables or other facilities
having a total surface area for food preparation of not less than
six square feet, the surface of each table or other facility to be
suitable for the preparation of food, smooth and easily cleanable;
(7)
It shall contain at least one supplied cabinet of adequate size for
and suitable for storage of food and eating and cooking utensils;
(8)
It shall be supplied by the operator with the rubbish storage facilities and the garbage disposal or storage facilities specified by Section 11-37;
(9)
It shall be located within a room accessible to the occupant of each
rooming unit sharing the use of such kitchen without going outside
of the dwelling and without going through a dwelling or rooming unit
of another occupant.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.12, 1-7-1963]
Where a communal kitchen does not conform to the provisions of Section 11-123 relating to the eating of meals therein, meals shall be eaten in a communal dining room that complies with the following standards:
(1)
It shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor area;
(2)
It shall be supplied with one dining chair and two linear feet of
dining table space for each occupant of the rooming house permitted
to eat in the dining room, the surface of each dining table to be
smooth and easily cleanable;
(3)
It shall be located on the same floor of the rooming house as the
communal kitchen in which the meals are prepared and shall be as nearly
adjacent to the communal kitchen as it is practicable; and
(4)
It shall be located within a room accessible to the occupant of each
rooming unit sharing such dining room without going outside of the
dwelling and without going through a dwelling unit or rooming unit
of another occupant.
[Ord. No. 63-2, § 10.13, 1-7-1963]
The operator of any rooming house shall post in every rooming
unit a sign on which shall be written or printed in letters not less
than 3/8 of one inch in height the following words: "No Cooking Permitted
in This Room," and such sign shall remain so posted at all times the
room is occupied.
