No person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or the like shall
rent, lease or suffer or allow any person or persons, except members of a
family, to live in or occupy, as a tenant, any dwelling, unless a certificate
of occupancy is obtained from the Inspector after an inspection thereof certifying
that said dwelling is fit for human habitation and is in compliance with all
applicable federal and state laws and local laws or ordinances of the village.
Applications for certificates of occupancy shall be made in writing
to the Inspector and shall state:
A. The name, address and principal place of business of
the owner.
B. Such description of the dwelling, by street number or
otherwise, as will enable the Inspector easily to locate the same.
C. The name and address of the principal place of business
of the agent, person, association or corporation, if any, appointed by said
owner for the management of same.
No dwelling shall be rented or occupied in whole or in part by any new
tenant until application has been made for a certificate of occupancy and
an inspection has been made by the Inspector to determine whether such dwelling
is in violation of any applicable federal or state law or local law or ordinance
of the said village. If no such violation exists, the Inspector shall issue
a certificate of occupancy; otherwise, he shall notify the owner in writing
setting forth the specific violations existing.
An inspection pursuant to §
248-4 shall be made and either a certificate of occupancy or a notice of violation shall be issued, as aforesaid, within five days from the date of application. If said inspection is not accomplished in said five-day period, the dwelling may be occupied by the tenant, but subject to the right of the village to cause said dwelling to be inspected and, if a violation is found, to cause said premises to be vacated or the violation remedied to the satisfaction of the Inspector within 10 days from the date of notice thereof.
A certificate of occupancy issued pursuant to this chapter shall be
posted in a conspicuous place in said dwelling, upon the issuance thereof.
The fee for said certificate of occupancy and inspection of said dwelling
shall be $1.
No dwelling in the village shall be rented to, by or for the use of
any group unless and until the following regulations have been complied with:
A. Before any dwelling, except as hereinafter provided,
shall be occupied by a group, a member of such group 18 years of age or over
shall report to the Inspector and register for the group. Said registration
shall be under oath and shall contain the name, age and home address of each
member of the group, and a statement that the persons so registering are not
members of a family. Simultaneously therewith, the owner of the premises shall
submit a statement under oath on the required form, which will be supplied
by the Inspector, stating the name and address of the owner, the date of acquisition
of said premises and the name and address of the real estate broker, salesman
or other agent through whom the premises are presently being leased, rented
or occupied. Said statement shall have affixed thereto a copy of the proposed
lease, if any, covering the present rental.
B. In the event that all members of the group are minors, then no landlord, licensed real estate broker, salesman or other agent or owner of any dwelling shall permit the same to be occupied by any such group unless a person 18 years or older shall be permanently present with said group in the occupancy of the dwelling during the term of the tenancy, who shall have charge of said group and be personally responsible for their proper conduct, and who also shall be responsible for the registration referred to in §
248-8A hereinabove.
C. In every dwelling rented to, by or for the use of any
group, every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one person shall contain
at least 70 square feet of floor space, every room occupied for sleeping purposes
by two occupants shall contain 120 square feet of floor space and every room
occupied for sleeping purposes by more than two occupants shall contain an
additional 50 square feet of floor space for each occupant in excess of two.
Hallways, dining rooms and kitchens shall not be occupied for bedroom or sleeping
purposes and no room shall be so used or occupied unless it is separated from
the rest of the dwelling area by a complete partition or wall with a full-length
access door, and with at least one window opening to the outside of the building.
A sublease or an assignment of an existing lease shall constitute a
new occupancy of the dwelling.