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No basement space shall be used as a habitable room or dwelling unit unless the following conditions are met.
(A) The floor and walls are impervious to leakage of underground and surface runoff and are insulated against dampness.
(B) The total of window area in each room is equal to at least the minimum window area sizes as required in § 96.041.
(C) The required minimum window area is located entirely above the grade of the ground adjoining the window area.
(D) The total of openable window area in each room is equal to at least the minimum as required under § 96.042, except where there is supplied some other device affording ventilation and approved by the Building Commissioner.
(Prior Code, § 96.49) (Ord. 3337, passed 8-7-1961; Am. Ord. 8435, passed 7-22-2002) Penalty, see § 10.99
No dwelling or dwelling unit containing 2 or more sleeping rooms shall have room arrangements so that access to a bathroom or water closet compartment intended for use by occupants of more than 1 sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room; nor shall room arrangements be of the type that access to a sleeping room can be had only by going through another sleeping room or a bathroom or water closet compartment.
(Prior Code, § 96.50) (Ord. 3337, passed 8-7-1961) Penalty, see § 10.99
HOTELS AND ROOMING HOUSES
No person shall operate a hotel or a rooming house, or occupy or let to another for occupancy any rooming unit in any hotel or rooming house, except in compliance with the provisions of every section of this chapter except the provisions of §§ 96.004, 96.015 through 96.017, 96.019, 96.020 and 96.022.
(Prior Code, § 96.55) (Ord. 3337, passed 8-7-1961) Penalty, see § 10.99
No person shall operate a hotel or rooming house within the city until he or she has met the following requirements.
(A) Made application to the Health Officer and paid to the City Controller the annual inspection fees, as provided in this chapter. All fees paid expire on the following September 30.
(B) Been inspected by both the Health Officer and the Fire Inspector and has been found by both Inspectors to meet all requirements of this chapter and all health, fire prevention and other ordinances pertaining to hotels and rooming houses and the laws of the state, and has been issued a permit therefor by the Health Officer and co-signed by the Fire Inspector. This permit shall be displayed in a conspicuous place within the hotel or rooming house.
(1) Upon first application for a permit or upon application following failure to renew or suspension of permit, as provided in this chapter, it shall be the duty of both the Health Officer and the Fire Inspector to inspect each hotel or rooming house within 48 hours, excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays, after applicant has applied for a permit to operate a hotel or rooming house.
(2) The Health Officer and Fire Inspector shall refuse the applicant the right to operate a hotel or rooming house until the applicant has complied with this chapter and all ordinances of the city pertaining to health and fire prevention and all laws of the state in regard to hotels and rooming houses. Any person aggrieved by the decision of either of the Inspectors shall be granted a hearing before the Board of Public Works and Safety under the provisions of § 96.087.
(Prior Code, § 96.56) (Ord. 3337, passed 8-7-1961) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) At least 1 flush water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower in good working condition and properly connected to the water and sewer systems of the city, if available, or to a sewerage system approved by the city, shall be supplied for each 8 persons or fractions thereof residing within a hotel or rooming house, including members of the operator’s family whenever they share the use of the facilities. In a hotel or rooming house where rooms are let to males, flush urinals may be substituted for not more than 1/2 the required number of water closets. All the facilities shall be so located within the building as to be reasonably accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing the facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot water at all times. No facilities shall be located in a basement.
(B) The operator of every hotel or rooming house shall change supplied bed linen and towels therein 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 supplied bedding in a clean and sanitary manner.
(C) 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 1 person shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor space for each occupant thereof.
(Ord. 3695, passed 8-31-1970)
(D) Every rooming unit shall have safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to a safe and open space at ground level, as required by the laws of the state and this code or other ordinances of the city.
(E) The operator of every hotel or rooming house shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors and ceiling, and the maintenance and sanitary condition in every other part of the hotel or rooming house; he or she shall further be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire structure or building is leased or occupied by the operator.
(Prior Code, § 96.57) (Ord. 3337, passed 8-7-1961) Penalty, see § 10.99
(A) Every hotel or motel operated or maintained in the city and every rooming house operated and maintained in the city shall be inspected by the Building Commissioner or duly authorized Building Department Inspector, Code Enforcement Commissioner or duly authorized Code Enforcement Department Inspector, Health Officer or Fire Inspector at least 1 time each year. This inspection may be made jointly by the inspectors or separately. In the event of a new registration, the city may select to inspect the property at the time of registration. The inspection shall be made to ascertain that the operator of the hotel, motel or rooming house has conformed to all requirements of this and all other health and fire prevention regulations of the city and all laws of the state regarding hotels, motels and rooming houses.
(Ord. 3337, passed 8-7-1961; Am. Ord. 3965, passed 2-11-1974)
(B) It shall be the duty of every person maintaining or operating a hotel, motel or rooming house to pay to the City Controller an annual inspection fee of $100 per hotel, motel or rooming house.
(Ord. 4300, passed 2-28-1977)
(Prior Code, § 96.58) (Am. Ord. 8616, passed 10-26-2004) Penalty, see § 10.99
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