A.
No person shall operate a rooming house or shall occupy
or let to another for occupancy any rooming unit in any rooming house,
except in compliance with the provisions of every section of this
chapter.
B.
Every provision of this chapter which applies to rooming
houses shall also apply to hotels, except to the extent that any such
provision may be found in conflict with the laws of this state or
with the lawful regulations of any state board or agency.
A.
Required; application; issuance. No person shall operate
a rooming house unless he holds a valid rooming house permit issued
by the enforcement officer in the name of the operator and for the
specific dwelling or dwelling unit. The operator shall apply to the
enforcement officer for such permit, which shall be issued by the
enforcement officer upon compliance by the operator with the applicable
provisions of this chapter.
B.
Display of permit; permit nontransferable. The permit
issued under the provisions of this section shall be displayed in
a conspicuous place within the rooming house at all times. No such
permit shall be transferable.
C.
Renewal. Every such permit shall be renewable annually
upon written application to the enforcement officer at least three
days before the expiration of one year from its issuance or last renewal,
unless such permit is subject to revocation for violation of this
chapter or ordinances or law applicable to said premises.
D.
Permit fees. The following annual fees for operating
permits for rooming houses and hotels shall be based on the number
of rooms:
|
Number of Rooms
|
Fee
| |
|---|---|---|
|
1 to 15
|
$100
| |
|
16 to 30
|
$200
| |
|
More than 30
|
$300
|
Any person whose application for a permit to operate a rooming house has been denied may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the hearing officer, under the procedure provided by § 160-8 of this chapter.
Every person holding a permit issued pursuant to § 160-13 shall give notice in writing to the enforcement officer within 24 hours after having sold, transferred, given away or otherwise disposed of ownership or interest in, or control of, any rooming house. Such notice shall include the name and address of the person succeeding to the ownership or control of such rooming house.
Whenever upon inspection of any rooming house
the enforcement officer finds that conditions or practices exist which
are in violation of any provision of this chapter or any law or any
legislation of the Village, the enforcement officer shall give notice
in writing to the operator of such rooming house that unless such
conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period,
to be determined by the enforcement officer, the operator's rooming
house permit will be suspended. At the end of such period, the enforcement
officer shall reinspect such rooming house, and, if he finds such
conditions or practices have not been corrected, he shall give notice
in writing to the operator that the latter's permit has been suspended.
Upon receipt of notice of suspension, such operator shall immediately
cease operations of such rooming house, and no person shall occupy
for sleeping or living purposes any rooming unit therein.
Any person whose permit to operate a rooming house has been suspended or who has received notice from the enforcement officer that his permit is to be suspended unless existing conditions or practices at his rooming house are corrected may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the hearing officer under the procedure provided by § 160-8, provided that, if no petition for such hearing is filed within 10 days following the day on which such permit was suspended, such permit shall be deemed to have been automatically revoked.
