For the purposes of this chapter, the words set forth in this
section shall have the following meaning:
means any structure more than one story in height, or any
portion of any such structure occupied, or designed, built or rented
for occupancy, as a home by three or more families, each living in
a separate apartment and cooking within the structure.
means any structure, or any portion of a structure, including
any lodginghouse, rooming-house, dormitory, Turkish bath, bachelor
hotel, studio hotel, public club, or private club, containing six
or more guestrooms and which is occupied or is intended or designed
for occupancy, by six or more guests, whether rent is paid in money,
goods, labor or otherwise. "Hotel" does not include any jail, hospital,
asylum, sanitarium, orphanage, prison, detention center, or other
building in which human beings are housed and detained under legal
restraint.
(Prior code § 66.1001)
It is unlawful to occupy, or to permit to be occupied, any apartment
house or hotel now or hereafter erected, constructed, reconstructed,
altered, converted or moved, as the case may be, or any portion thereof,
for human habitation without an annual permit therefor issued by the
health officer.
(Prior code § 66.1002)
The permit required by this chapter shall be applied for to
and issued by the county department of health services.
(Ord. 190, 1991)
Every person applying for a permit under the provisions of this
chapter shall at the time making application for such permit pay a
fee, the exact amount of which shall be determined by the county of
San Diego and kept on record by the county department of health services
and on file in the office of the city clerk.
(Ord. 190, 1991)
The health officer, in addition to his or her other duties,
is designated as the officer to enforce and is charged with the enforcement
of the provisions of the State Housing Law pertaining to sanitation,
ventilation, use or occupancy of apartment houses and hotels within
the city.
(Prior code § 66.901)
It shall be the duty of the health officer to inspect all hotels
and apartment houses as often as request therefor is made or whenever
the health officer deems it necessary, and in any event as often as
once in each year.
(Prior code § 66.902)
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than five
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period
of not less than five days nor more than six months, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
(Prior code § 66.1005)
