Ordinance Establising Minumum Standards for Habitable Buildings and Premises

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house at all times. No such permit shall be transferable. Every person holding such a permit shall give notice in writing to the City Controller within 10 days after having sold, transferred, given away, or otherwise disposed of ownership of, interest in, or control of any rooming house. Such notice shall include the name and address of the person succeeding to the ownership or control of such rooming house. Every rooming house permit shall expire on December 31 of each year following its date of issuance, unless sooner suspended or revoked as hereinafter provided. Section 19. Any person whose application for a permit to operate a rooming house has been denied may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the Board of Public Works and Safety, under the procedure provided by this ordinance. Section 20. Whenever upon inspection of any room- ing house the building commissioner finds that conditions or prac- tices exist which are in violation of any provision of this ordinance or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, he 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 rooming house permit will be suspended. At the end of such period the building commissioner shall reinspect such rooming house, and if he finds that such conditions or practices have not been cor- rected, he 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. Section 21. Any person whose permit to operate a rooming house has been suspended, or who has received notice from the building commissioner that his permit is to be suspended - 17 -