A. 
Requirement, fee.
(1) 
The owner or operator of every lodging house shall obtain a permit from the Building Inspector for such premises in the name of the owner and operator. The permit may be issued by the Building Inspector after inspection and shall remain in force unless an objection is filed with the Building Inspector by the Health Department, Fire Department or Police Department. This objection shall include a written statement concerning the specific correctable violation of any existing City ordinance. The fee for said permit shall be as set by City Council. The permit shall be displayed in a conspicuous place in the public area of the building. No permit shall be transferred from one address to another. Permits shall be transferred to a new owner upon proper application.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
(2) 
The owner or operator of every lodging house shall make proper application for a permit to the Building Inspector prior to the issuance of an occupancy permit for a new building, or within seven days after the acquisition of an occupied building.
B. 
Revocation of permit. Whenever upon inspection of any such premises the Inspector finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provision of this Code, the Inspector shall give notice in writing to the owner or operator of such premises, that unless such conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period, to be determined by the Inspector but in any event not less than 15 nor more than 30 days, the permit therefor will be suspended. At the end of such period, the Inspector shall reinspect such premises, and if he finds that such conditions or practices have not been corrected, he shall give notice in writing to the owner or operator that the latter's permit has been suspended. The Inspector shall, without unnecessary delay, forward each written suspension to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a hearing and a decision within the same time period as provided in § 402-6B. Permits may be revoked after an opportunity for a hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals. After a permit has been revoked, each day of operation of the boarding and/or rooming house shall be considered a separate offense.
A. 
Sleeping rooms. Every lodging room occupied for sleeping purposes by one person shall contain at least 70 square feet of habitable floor area, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one person shall contain at least 50 square feet of habitable area for each occupant thereof, provided that not more than seven square feet of closet space may be included per occupant.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I)]
B. 
Bathroom facilities. Each lodging house shall provide at least one flush water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, properly connected to an approved water and sewer system and in good working condition, for each seven persons or fraction thereof residing therein, including members of the operator's family wherever they share the use of said facilities, except that the required number of bathtubs or showers may be reduced by the Zoning Board of Appeals for lodging houses utilizing gang bathrooms containing multiple bathtubs or showers. All such facilities shall be accessible from a common hall or passageway. Basement bathroom facilities shall not be considered as fulfilling this requirement. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot water at all times.
C. 
Lighting facilities. Each lodging room offered for rent shall be provided with lamps or fixtures with bulbs having a total capacity of at least 150 watts incandescent or equivalent. Every such receptacle and fixture shall be connected to the source of electrical power in a proper manner.
D. 
Linens and towels. The operator of every lodging house shall change supplied linen and towels therein at least once each week, and prior to the letting of any room to any occupant. The operator shall be responsible for the maintenance of all supplied bedding in a clean and sanitary condition.
E. 
Cooking facilities not permitted. The operator of every lodging house shall not provide, use or permit to be used and the occupant shall not provide, use or permit to be used, in lodging rooms occupied by roomers or offered for rent to roomers, any equipment designed or intended to be used for cooking or preparation of meals.