Village of Ridgewood, NJ
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2023-10-11
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Part II: General Legislation
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Chapter 117 Businesses and Occupations
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Article IV Motels, Lodging Houses and Boardinghouses
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administration of Government
- Ch 15 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 18 Green Ridgewood Committee
- Ch 20 Energy
- Ch 22 Finance and Purchasing
- Ch 26 Green Team
- Ch 29 (Reserved)
- Ch 31 Housing Authority
- Ch 32 (Reserved)
- Ch 55 Open Space, Recreation, Farmland and Historic Preservation Committee
- Ch 64 Personnel Policies
- Ch 67 Police Services
- Ch 70 Public Defender, Municipal
- Ch 75 Retirement
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 99 Alarm Systems
- Ch 101 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 103 Amusements
- Ch 105 Animals
- Ch 107 Auctions and Special Sales
- Ch 112 Bicycles
- Ch 114 Body Art
- Ch 115 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 117 Businesses and Occupations
- Ch 117 Art IV Motels, Lodging Houses and Boardinghouses
- § 117-23 Permit required.
- § 117-24 Application for permit.
- § 117-25 Inspection of premises.
- § 117-26 Required temperature of inhabited rooms.
- § 117-27 Sanitary facilities.
- § 117-28 Sanitation requirements for rooms.
- § 117-29 Sleeping quarters.
- § 117-30 Heating and lighting.
- § 117-31 Storage and food-handling requirements.
- § 117-32 Keeping of poisons.
- Ch 123 Condominium Conversion
- Ch 125 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 127 Contributions, Gifts and Donations
- Ch 128 Cosmetology
- Ch 129 Dedication of Village Property
- Ch 131 Drug-Free Zones
- Ch 133 Refuse Containers
- Ch 137 Emergency Medical Services Third-Party Billing Plan
- Ch 141 Farmers' Market
- Ch 145 Fees
- Ch 147 Filming
- Ch 149 Fire Prevention
- Ch 151 Fire Zones
- Ch 154 Floodplain Management
- Ch 156 Food and Food-Handling Establishments
- Ch 161 Games of Chance
- Ch 163 Garage Sales
- Ch 165 Garbage, Rubbish, Refuse and Recycling
- Ch 170 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 172 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 174 Holiday Displays
- Ch 175 Housing Standards
- Ch 186 Landscapers and Landscaping Services
- Ch 187 Fertilizer Application
- Ch 190 Land Use and Development
- Ch 194 Lighting
- Ch 197 Mobile Telephone Use
- Ch 199 Newsracks
- Ch 201 Noise
- Ch 207 Parades
- Ch 207A Public Assemblies
- Ch 210 Park and Ride Facility
- Ch 212 Parks and Recreation Areas
- Ch 215 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 218 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 221 Political Fund-Raising
- Ch 221A Poppers
- Ch 222 Power Tools, Manual Tools, Motorized Construction Equipment, Landscaping and Yard Maintenance Equipment
- Ch 222A Property, Abandoned
- Ch 223 Property Maintenance
- Ch 232 School Enrollment
- Ch 238 Sewers and Sewage Disposal
- Ch 239 Sidewalk Sales
- Ch 240 Silly String
- Ch 240A Single-Use Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 241 Skateboards
- Ch 244 Smoking
- Ch 246 Soil Removal
- Ch 249 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 251 Telecommunications Facilities in Public Right-Of-Way
- Ch 254 Taxation
- Ch 256 Taxicabs and Limousines
- Ch 258 Towing
- Ch 260 Trees and Shrubs
- Ch 263 Valet Parking Services
- Ch 265 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 269 Water
- Ch 275 Yard Waste
- Appendix
- Ch A285 Cable Television Franchise
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
No person shall conduct or maintain a hotel,
lodging house or boardinghouse for more then two boarders or roomers
without first having obtained from the Division of Health a permit
therefor.
The application for a permit shall be made in
writing and signed by the applicant, stating the type of establishment
proposed to be maintained or conducted, the maximum number of guests,
lodgers or boarders to be accommodated and the facilities to be offered.
Such permit shall not be issued until the premises
have been inspected and approved by the Health Officer.
[Amended 12-11-1984 by Ord. No. 1954]
The permittee of a hotel, lodging house or boardinghouse
shall provide heat for the inhabited rooms from the 15th day of September
through the 15th day of April so that the temperature is maintained
at 68° F. between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. and at
65° F. between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
A.
Each such establishment shall have for every six occupants
or lodgers at least one bathtub or shower and at least one toilet
and one washbasin.
B.
Every occupant shall be furnished with clean towels,
washcloths, soap and drinking glasses, each for individual use. Adequate
provision shall be made for furnishing and care of bed linens, all
of which shall be kept clean and sanitary at all times.
All rooms shall be kept in a clean and sanitary
condition. All inhabited rooms shall be adequately lighted and properly
ventilated with one or more windows opening to the outside air. All
outside doors and windows shall be screened to exclude flies and mosquitoes
from May 1 to November 1.
All sleeping quarters shall be above grade and
shall have ceilings at least seven feet high and at least 60 square
feet of floor space for each bed.
All heating shall be furnished by a central
heating system. The use of any portable heater or gas heater is hereby
prohibited, except in an emergency, as is the use of any light other
than electrical.
Rooms used for storage, preparation or service of food shall be subject to the same requirements specified in Chapter 156, Food and Food-Handling Establishments.
The keeping or use on the premises of any cleansing
agents containing hydrocyanic acid or other dangerous poisons is hereby
prohibited.
