It shall be unlawful, without obtaining a license from the Town
Clerk, for any person, firm of corporation, either as owner, tenant
or agent, to run, operate or maintain in the Town of Wawarsing a hotel,
motel, boardinghouse or bed-and-breakfast or any building or part
of a building used in the business of renting rooms or furnishing
meals with accommodations for more boarders or roomers than allowed
as of right in a single-family dwelling.
No license shall be issued or renewed except after the application
has been investigated and the premises inspected by the Building Inspector/Code
Enforcement Officer and except where the applicant keeps and maintains,
and agrees during the term of the license to keep and maintain, in
the entrance hall, lobby or reception room, a bound register, with
pages numbered consecutively, in which shall be plainly written, in
the English language:
A. The name of each guest spending the night or taking a room;
B. The permanent residence of said guest;
C. The hour of the day, month and year at which such guest arrived and
departed from the premises in question and the number of the room
assigned to such guest.
D. The establishment shall obtain and retain proof of identification
of each guest.
No license shall be issued or renewed for a longer period than
one year and all licenses shall expire on December 31 of each year.
All applications, properly filled out, must be filed at least 30 days
before applicant intends to commence operations.
Fees for the issue of a license hereunder or subsequent renewals
thereof shall be as set forth from time to time by resolution of the
Town Board.
No license shall be issued except where the applicant has satisfied
the Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer, after inspection
by him, that toilet and sewerage facilities are adequate and proper
for taking care of the number of guests for which the applicant proposes
to take out a license, and that an adequate supply of potable and
wholesome drinking water is at all times available, and hot water
for bathing and dish washing; also that the building is structurally
safe and properly protected from fire, and that the rooms are adequate
as to size and ventilation.
All licenses issued hereunder must be permanently displayed
under glass over the desk or table where the register is kept.
The Town Board may also enforce obedience to this chapter and
restrain violations thereof by injunction and may proceed against
all violators hereof by any and every other means or method provided
by law, although not herein specifically referred to.
This chapter is enacted by authority of § 20, Subdivision
5, of the Municipal Home Rule Law and any other law referenced herein
as authority herefore.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
TRANSIENT LIVING
A guest or customer of a hotel, motel, boardinghouse or bed-and-breakfast,
the nature of which the term of stay is limited to no more than 30
consecutive days or 90 total days in any individual calendar year.