(A) Nature of rooming house or motel. Whenever upon inspection of any rooming house or motel, the Building Commissioner finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provision of this chapter or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the Building Commissioner 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 Building Commissioner, the operator’s permit will be suspended. At the end of such period, the Building Commissioner shall reinspect such rooming house, and if he or she finds that 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 suspended. Upon receipt of notice of suspension, such operator shall immediately cease operation of such rooming house, and no person shall occupy for sleeping or living purposes any rooming unit therein.
(B) Hearing on permit suspension before Board of Zoning Appeals. Any person whose permit to operate a rooming house as been suspended, or who has received notice from the Building Commissioner that his or her permit is to be suspended 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 Board of Zoning Appeals, under the procedure provided by this chapter; provided that if no petition for such hearing is filed within ten days following the day on which such permit was suspended, such permit shall be deemed to have been automatically revoked.
(1991 Code, § 132.52) Penalty, see § 150.999