[Amended 9-7-1982 by L.L. No. 7-1982]
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 except the provisions of §
166-16.
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.
[Amended 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
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 Zoning Board of Appeals, under the procedure provided by §
166-15 of this chapter.
Every person holding a permit issued pursuant to §
166-21 shall give notice, in writing, to the enforcement officer within 24 hours after having sold, transferred, given away or otherwise disposed of ownership of, 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
ordinance 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 or she finds
such conditions or practices have not been corrected, he or she shall
give notice, in writing, to the operator that the latter's permit
has been revoked. Upon receipt of notice of revocation, such operator
shall immediately cease operations of such rooming house, and no person
shall occupy for sleeping or living purposes any rooming unit therein.
[Amended 12-21-1993 by L.L. No. 1-1993]
Any person whose permit to operate a rooming house has been revoked or who has received notice from the enforcement officer that his or her permit is to be revoked unless existing conditions or practices at his or her rooming house are corrected may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Zoning Board of Appeals under the procedure provided by §
166-15; provided that such person must file the petition for hearing within 10 days following receipt of notice of permit revocation.
[Amended 5-7-1985 by L.L. No. 7-1985]
Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by
one person shall contain at least 70 square feet of floor space, and
every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one person
shall contain at least 60 square feet of floor space for each occupant
thereof.
Every rooming unit shall have safe, unobstructed
means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level, as
required by the laws of this state and the Village.
[Amended 9-7-1982 by L.L. No. 7-1982]
Every rooming house unit shall have a hard-wired
smoke detector.