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.
A. 
Incidental cooking in boardinghouses is prohibited. Incidental cooking in lodging houses shall be permitted within individual rooming units, provided:
(1) 
All the sanitary facilities required under § 159-93B, C, D and E are contained in each such rooming unit.
(2) 
A sink meeting the requirements of § 159-93A either is contained within the rooming unit or is available and accessible to the occupants of the rooming unit in a common areaway, hall or room on the same floor as the rooming unit.
(3) 
The superficial floor area of the rooming unit complies with the requirements of § 159-136A where applicable.
B. 
Community cooking is prohibited except for cooking performed by the owner or operator or his employees for occupants in boardinghouses and nursing homes.
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.