All establishments subject to licensing under
this Part 4 shall keep a register in which there shall be set forth
in ink the name and last permanent address and signature of each occupant,
the number of the room to be occupied by each occupant and the name
and address of any person or persons to be notified in case of emergency.
Such register shall be available at all times to the authorized representative
of the Public Officer, Police Chief and Fire Chief. Registration in
a false name is prohibited. Beside each registration a notation shall
be made to indicate which occupant is a disabled person or person
requiring special care.
Occupancy by disabled persons or persons requiring
special care in lodging houses and boardinghouses (Class A) is prohibited.
Occupancy by persons requiring special care
is allowed, but occupancy by disabled persons is prohibited, in boardinghouses
(Class B).
Where the Public Officer or the Health Officer
has reason to believe that an occupant of an establishment subject
to licensing under this Part 4 either requires special care or is
disabled, such Officer may require that the person produce within
48 hours a physician's certificate attesting to the mental or physical
condition of such person as it relates to the category in which the
occupant is classified, and if the official shall determine that the
person requires special care and is thereby prohibited from residing
in a lodging house or boardinghouse (Class A) or is disabled and thereby
prohibited from residing in any lodging house or boardinghouse, then
the person shall vacate the premises and relocate in a suitable and
appropriate establishment no later than five days after the issuance
of an order directed to the owner or operator and the occupant therefor,
and if the condition of the person or circumstances under which he
or she resides requires immediate attention, the order shall so specify,
and a period of less than five days may be prescribed therefor.
The occupancy by an unemancipated minor of any rooming unit in an establishment subject to licensing under this Part
4 is prohibited, and the operator and occupant of the premises in which such occupancy occurs shall be liable under this section.
Occupancy in excess of the maximum occupancy permitted under §§
159-133 to
159-144 or the occupancy data set forth in the application under §
159-163 is prohibited.
There shall be central heating in all establishments subject to licensing under this Part
4 which shall supply adequate heat as required under §
159-109 to all occupied rooming units and to all bathrooms.
Where food is served in any establishment subject to licensing under this Part
4, the license therefor and the maintenance of the establishment pursuant to the license shall be subject to the regulations and requirements of Chapter
292, Sanitary Standards, Article
X, and shall be supervised by the Health Officer, as well as this chapter. The Public Officer is authorized to enforce any violation determined by the Health Officer to be a violation of this chapter, after a notice and hearing in accordance with the provisions of §
159-25.