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 Cincinnati
 Code of Ordinances
 Title VIII. BUSINESS REGULATIONS
 Chapter 855. ROOMING HOUSES

  § 855-5. Application for License.  

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  • Within 60 days after the effective date of this ordinance, the operator of every existing rooming house shall apply for, as hereinafter provided, a rooming house license issued by the city treasurer in the name of the operator and for the specific dwelling within which the rooming house is contained.

    The city treasurer shall furnish duplicate application forms on which the operator shall indicate:

    (a)

    The address of the building in which the rooming house is operated;

    (b)

    The name and address of the owner of the building;

    (c)

    The name and address of the operator of the rooming house;

    (d)

    A statement as to whether or not the operator has ever been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude;

    (e)

    The type of occupancy of the rooming house (all one sex or mixed);

    (f)

    The number of rooms to be let out for sleeping purposes;

    (g)

    The number and location of the toilets, lavatories and baths;

    (h)

    Such other information as may be necessary to determine that the use and occupancy of the building is permitted by law.

    The city treasurer shall forthwith issue a no-charge temporary certificate stating that a license has been applied for and that such license shall be issued or denied within 90 days or less after the date of the inspection by the director of buildings and inspections.

    A copy of all applications shall be sent to the director who shall make an inspection of the building as soon as feasible to determine whether or not it is in substantial compliance with Title XI of this code and in a safe and sanitary condition. He shall thereupon either notify the operator of the rooming house that the application has been approved and that the license shall be obtained from the city treasurer within 30 days or the use discontinued, or notify the operator that the rooming house is not in compliance with the law and in what respects, and order it to be brought into compliance within 90 days from the date of the original inspection and a license secured, or to cease operations.

    Every new rooming house must obtain a license before beginning operation. Application shall be made to the city treasurer as above provided and acted upon within 30 days of the date of filing.

(C.O. 740-5; renumbered to C.M.C. 855-5, eff. Jan. 1, 1972)

Cross reference

Penalty, § 855-99.