(a) Fees. The fees for such license shall be as follows, and shall accompany the application.
(1) For all dwellings or buildings other than a foster home or a hotel as herein defined, the fee shall be $30 multiplied by the maximum number of roomers and resident or transient guests permitted to be accommodated at one time in the dwelling or building to be licensed. However, where a dwelling or building not originally designed for such purpose is occupied as a dormitory for student nurses, interns, resident physicians or other operating personnel of a hospital, the fee shall be $10 multiplied by the maximum number of such persons permitted to be accommodated at one time in the dwelling or building to be so licensed.
(2) For hotels, the fee shall be $5 multiplied by the number of rooms for resident or transient guests and operating personnel. For the purpose of this section, the word ROOM may include more than one room if occupied or rented as a single unit.
(3) For foster homes, the fee shall be $50 for each foster home.
(4) The fee for a license, other than for a foster home, issued after July 1 of any year shall be 50% of the regular fee herein prescribed.
(b) Issuance and term. Except for hotels, any license issued pursuant to this chapter may be granted by the Mayor only with the approval and consent of the Board of Zoning Appeals and shall be a temporary license for the period of one calendar year or part thereof. Such issuance of a temporary license shall not be construed as permanently authorizing an increase in the number of dwelling units for which the building was originally designed or to which it has been legally converted; nor be construed as changing or modifying the zoning applicable to such building; nor be construed as obligating the city in any way whatsoever to issue a temporary rooming house license for such building in any succeeding year.
(c) Temporary rooming house license. A temporary rooming house license, for premises which have been obtained by an owner or tenant for a calendar year or fraction thereof becomes null and void when interest in that building changes during such calendar year. Subject to the approval or modification of the Board of Zoning Appeals, a new license may be issued to the new owner or tenant for the balance of such calendar year upon payment of 50% of the regular fee herein prescribed for the full calendar year.
(Ord. 6484, passed 5-15-1973; Ord. 26-91, passed 3-19-1991)