Chapter 5.68
HOTELS AND ROOMING HOUSES
Sections:
5.68.020 Rooming house license – Fee.
5.68.030 Condition of premises.
5.68.010 Hotel license – Fee.
It is unlawful to conduct or operate a hotel or a building or part thereof used or held out to the public as a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for twenty or more persons for a period of one day or more without first having obtained a license therefor. The annual fee for such licenses shall be one hundred dollars. (Ord. 2002-07 § 34, 2002; Ord. 89-5 § 31, 1989; Ord. 84-5 § 30, 1985)
5.68.020 Rooming house license – Fee.
It is unlawful to conduct or operate a rooming house or building, apartment, or portion of a building, in which any person or persons not related to the owner or occupant of such premises by blood or marriage are furnished sleeping accommodations for hire without first having obtained a license therefor. The annual fee for such license shall be one hundred dollars. (Ord. 2002-07 § 35, 2002; Ord. 89-5 § 32, 1989; Ord. 84-5 § 31, 1985)
5.68.030 Condition of premises.
All premises used for hotel or rooming house purposes shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition, and all portions of such premises and hotels that are open for use by all guests or by the public shall be kept lighted at all times they are so open to use. All such premises shall be kept heated between October 1st and May 1st to a temperature of not less than seventy-one degrees between the hours of six-thirty a.m. and eleven p.m. and to a temperature of not less than sixty-five degrees at all other hours.
5.68.040 Exits.
A. No building shall be used for a hotel unless it is furnished with the number of exits and fire escapes required by the building ordinances of the village for the construction of a new hotel.
B. No premises shall be used for a rooming house unless there are at least two exits to the outdoors from such premises.
C. It is unlawful to block or permit the blocking of any exit from any premises used for a hotel or rooming house.
5.68.050 Sanitary facilities.
Water closets and lavatories shall be available to all guests using any hotel or rooming house and there shall be at least one bathroom equipped with water closets, shower or tub, and lavatory facilities for each six residents on the premises.
5.68.060 Guest register.
It is unlawful to knowingly permit any fugitive from justice to stay in any rooming house or hotel. Each hotel proprietor shall keep or cause to be kept a register of guests as required by state law, and each operator of a rooming house shall keep a list of all persons staying therein. Such register or list shall be available for inspection by any member of the police department at any time.
5.68.070 Inspections.
It shall be the duty of the fire chief to inspect or cause to be inspected every hotel or rooming house operated in the village as frequently as may be necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.