No person shall establish, manage, conduct or
operate a hotel, inn, boardinghouse, lodging house, furnished room
or similar accommodation, as defined by this chapter, without first
having obtained a license therefor from the Borough Clerk.
Application for the license required by § 104-15 shall be made on or before May 1 of each year, on a form approved by the Mayor and Borough Council, and shall be signed and sworn to by the person actually engaged in such business and actually the true owner thereof.
No license shall be issued under the provisions
of this chapter unless and until the application therefor shall have
been investigated and have endorsed thereon or attached thereto separate
certifications by the Building and Zoning Inspector, Plumbing Inspector,
Sanitary Inspector, Chief of Police and the Fire Inspector of the
borough that the premises sought to be licensed have been inspected
and found to comply with the respective ordinances and requirements
of the borough, which are under their respective supervision and jurisdiction,
including the provisions of this chapter applicable to their governmental
function.
The fee for the issuance of each license under
the provisions of this chapter shall be $10 and such fee shall accompany
the application for a license or any renewal thereof.
All licenses under the provisions of this chapter
shall be issued for a period of one year commencing on July 1 and
expiring at midnight on June 30 of the following year. All renewals
shall be applied for and issued in similar manner as an original application.
Any license issued under the provisions of this
chapter shall terminate at any time after its issuance in the event
that the use of the building or part thereof for such purposes shall
cease. Should the structure, building, dwelling or house or part thereof
fail to comply with the provisions of this chapter or any other applicable
ordinance or regulation of the borough, as determined by either the
Building and Zoning Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, Sanitary Inspector,
Chief of Police or Fire Inspector, then such license shall be suspended
until such time as the aforesaid respective officer shall find that
the structure, building, dwelling or house or part thereof complies.
[Amended 8-2-1971 by Ord. No. 71-20]
Any person operating a building required to be licensed under this chapter, without a license, shall be guilty of a separate violation of this chapter and shall be punished as provided in § 104-3.
[Amended 8-2-1971 by Ord. No. 71-20]
In the event that any building required to be
licensed under this chapter is being operated by the owner without
a license contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the Chief of
Police shall cause to be posted on the main entrance of any said dwelling
the following: "This building is closed for human habitation; anyone
who uses, occupies or causes others to occupy this building shall
be punished in accordance with the law." Any violation of this chapter,
after the posting of such sign in respect to occupancy thereof, or
any tampering or destruction of the sign shall be considered a separate
violation of this chapter.
[Amended 8-2-1971 by Ord. No. 71-20]
In addition to any penalties described in this
chapter, upon the direction of the Mayor and Council, the Borough
Attorney is authorized to seek injunctive relief to require the closing,
repairing or demolishing, where necessary for the protection of the
public health, safety and welfare, of any building which is operating
without the license required under this chapter and which is in violation
of any borough ordinance, state law or code in respect to human habitation.[1]
