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.
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.