[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.
A.
Required; application; issuance. No person shall operate
a rooming house unless he or she 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.
[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.
A.
Generally. The operator of every rooming house shall
be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors and
ceilings and for maintenance of a sanitary condition in every other
part of the rooming house; and he or she shall be further responsible
for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire
structure or building is leased or occupied by the operator.
B.
Bed linens; towels. No operator of a rooming house
is required by Village ordinance or local law to furnish bed linen
and towels. However, if any operator shall supply bed linen and towels
for use therein, said bed linen and towels shall be changed at least
once each week and prior to the letting of any room to any occupant.
The operator shall be responsible for the maintenance of all bedding
supplied by the operator in a clean and sanitary manner.
[Amended 5-7-1985 by L.L. No. 8-1985]
C.
Toilet facilities. At least one flush water closet,
lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be in a room providing
privacy. These facilities shall be properly connected to a water and
sewer system and in good working condition. One such facility shall
be supplied for each eight persons or fraction thereof residing within
a rooming house, including members of the operator's family whenever
they share the use of said facilities, provided that in a rooming
house where rooms are let only to males, flush urinals may be substituted
for not more than 1/2 the required number of water closets. All such
facilities shall be so located within the dwelling as to be reasonably
accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing
such facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall
be supplied with hot water at all times. No such facilities shall
be located in a basement except by written approval of the enforcement
officer.
[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.
