[Ord. 48-1986, 87 § 1, passed 5-26-1987]
(a) Minimum standards required. No owner, operator or other person shall
occupy or let to another person any rooming house or rooming unit
which does not comply with the following minimum standards for rooming
houses, and no rooming house or rooming unit or any premises containing
such areas shall fail to comply with the following minimum standards
for rooming houses.
(b) Compliance with other minimum standards. Every rooming house and
every rooming unit shall be in compliance with the minimum standards
set forth by Article Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven of the BOCA
Basic Property Maintenance Code and the responsibilities of an owner
or operator and occupant of a rooming house as set forth in Article
Eight of the BOCA Basic Property Maintenance Code.
[Ord. 48-1986, 87 § 1, passed 5-26-1987]
The operator of every rooming house shall be responsible for
the maintenance of all supplied bedding in a clean and sanitary manner,
and all bed linen and towels shall be changed at least once each week
and prior to the letting of any room to any occupant.
[Ord. 46-2002, 03 § 1, passed 12-16-2003]
No person shall operate a rooming house/boarding house or shall
let to another for occupancy any sleeping unit in any rooming house/boarding
house, unless he first applies for and receives a nontransferable
permit to operate such rooming house/boarding house. Such permit shall
be renewed prior to March 1 of each year. The annual fee of such permit
shall be $75.
[Ord. 48-1986, 87 § 1, passed 5-26-1987]
Whenever, upon the inspection of any rooming house, the enforcement
officer finds conditions or practices in violation of this Housing
Code, notice in writing of such violation shall be given to the operator
of such rooming house that, unless such conditions and/or practices
are corrected within the time specified for compliance, the operator's
permit shall be suspended. At the close of this period of time, if
such violations still are not corrected, the operator's permit
shall be revoked. The operator may request and be granted a hearing,
on any violations, before the Board of Appeal under the provisions
of the Housing Code, PM-110.0.
[Ord. 35-1994, 95 § 2, passed 2-27-1995]
Any person violating any of the provisions of Section
1903.03 shall be fined not less than $50 and not more than $1,000 and/or imprisoned not more than 90 days.