Any person whose application for a permit to operate a rental
dwelling, rented house, rooming house or multiple dwelling has been
denied may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before
the Board of Administrative Appeals.
Whenever, upon inspection of any rental dwelling, rented house,
rooming house or multiple dwelling, the Code Enforcement Officer finds
that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provision
of this chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto,
the Code Enforcement Officer shall give notice, in writing, to the
owner, landlord, or authorized agent of such rental dwelling, rented
house, rooming house or multiple dwelling that unless such conditions
or practices are corrected within a reasonable period, to be determined
by the Code Enforcement Officer, the operator's rental permit will
be suspended. At the end of such period, the Code Enforcement Officer
shall reinspect such rental dwelling, rented house, rooming house
or multiple dwelling, 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 owner/operator shall immediately cease
operation of such rental dwelling, rented house, rooming house or
multiple dwelling, and no person shall occupy for sleeping or living
purposes any rooming unit or multiple dwelling therein.
Any person whose permit to operate a rental dwelling, rented house, rooming house or multiple dwelling has been suspended or who has received notice from the Code Enforcement Officer that his permit is to be suspended unless existing conditions or practices at his rental dwelling, rented house, rooming house or multiple dwelling are corrected may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Board of Administrative Appeals, in accordance with Chapter
4, provided that if no petition for such hearing is filed within 20 days following the day on which such permit was suspended, such permit shall be deemed to have been automatically revoked.
With the exception of the requirement of an inspection upon
a change in tenant, every provision of this chapter which applies
to rooming houses shall also apply to hotels, except to the extent
that any such provision may be found in conflict with the laws of
this commonwealth or with the lawful regulations of any commonwealth
board or agency.