(A) Whenever upon inspection of any rooming house, second class dwelling, hotel or nursing home the Permits and Inspections Department finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provisions of this chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the Permits and Inspections Department shall give notice in writing to the operator of such rooming house, second class dwelling, hotel or nursing home that unless such conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period, to be determined by the Permits and Inspections Department, the operator’s rooming house, second class dwelling, hotel or nursing home permit will be suspended. At the end of such period the Permits and Inspections Department shall reinspect such rooming house, second class dwelling, hotel or nursing home and if he finds that such conditions or practices have not been corrected, he shall suspend the permit and give notice in writing to the operator that the latter’s permit has been suspended.
(B) If the operator has been convicted of leasing or letting any dwelling, room or other premises for the purpose of prostitution or lewdness, which dwelling, room or other premises is required to have a permit under this section, the chief of police shall notify the Permits and Inspections Department in writing of such conviction, and the inspector shall then suspend the permit and give notice in writing to the operator that the latter’s permit has been suspended.
(C) Any person whose permit to operate a rooming house, second class dwelling, hotel or nursing home has been suspended, or who has received notice from the Permits and Inspections Department that his permit is to be suspended unless existing conditions or practices at his rooming house, second class dwelling, hotel or nursing home are corrected, may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Permits and Inspections Department under the procedure provided in section 15-23; provided, that if no petition for such is filed within ten days following the day on which such permit was suspended, such permit shall be deemed to have been automatically revoked. Upon receipt of notice of permit revocation, the operator shall cease operation of such rooming house, second class dwelling, hotel or nursing home and after the elapse of a reasonable period of time, to be determined by the Permits and Inspections Department, no person except the owner, operator or member of his family shall occupy for sleeping or living purposes any dwelling unit or rooming unit therein. If any operator’s rooming house, second class dwelling unit, hotel or nursing home permit has been revoked because he has been convicted of letting any dwelling, room or other premises for prostitution or lewdness the permits and Inspections Department shall not subsequently issue a permit to the operator for the operation of any dwelling for which a permit is required in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(Code 1964, § 12A-26)