10 - Request for Creation of a Safe Zone at hotel and apartment housing

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(j) Electrical equipment. For the purpose of this chapter, electrical equipment shall include furniture items installed by the property owner, operator or property manager, including televisions, lamps, etc. All electrical equipment must be properly maintained and be in operable condition. (k) Furniture condition. All furniture items shall be maintained in proper working condition, without defects, chips, holes, etc. (1) Window coverings. Shades, draperies or blinds shall be appropriately hung to cover all windows and appropriate light fixtures. All shades, draperies, blinds, shall be free of stains, holes, rips or odors in excess of normal wear and tear, and be maintained in a sanitary, nondefective condition. (m) Storage rooms. No more than ten (10) per cent of designed guestrooms may be used for storage room purposes. (n) Windows. All windows designed to be opened shall have an operable window security or locking device. All windows are to have at least one (1) window latch. For purposes of this subsection, "window latch" shall mean a lock on a window capable of being opened, with the lock operated without a key and capable of being operated only from the interior. (o) Doors. All exterior doors, other than sliding glass doors, screen doors, or garage doors, but including doors between the living area and the garage, are to be equipped with a keyless bolting device in addition to any lock on the outside door. For purposes of this subsection, a "keyless bolting device" shall mean a lock not in the doorknob that locks only by a bolt or level only from the interior and not the exterior. It shall not include a door chain latch. All exterior sliding glass doors are to have pin locks. All rooms are required to be outfitted with exterior electronic/magnetic locks for guests to gain access to their rooms or by locks that meet with the approval of the housing and neighborhood services director. (p) Viewports. Each door shall have a viewport or window convenient to the door. (q) Exterior lighting. The required illumination shall be placed so as to comply with the glare requirements for neighboring property. All hotels shall have exterior lighting in all areas accessible to the general public, including, but not limited to, common areas and parking lots. All such lighting is to be controlled by photo cell or seasonably adjusted timer switch. The intensity of such lighting is to be no less than twenty-five one -hundredths (0.25) foot candle power in all areas accessible to the general public. (r) Gas stove. An owner or operator of a hotel who provides a gas stove for the heating of a unit in the facility shall determine that the stove is properly installed and maintained in a properly ventilated room. (s) Appliances. An owner, operator, or manager of a hotel shall maintain sanitary appliances located in the facility in good repair. (t) Public health nuisance. A hotel that does not conform to this chapter is a public health nuisance. (u) Dangerous structure. All buildings, guestrooms, and areas of the facility must be maintained so as not to violate any of the provisions of this Code; specifically, they must be maintained so that they do not constitute a dangerous structure, as defined in section 29-28 et seq. (Ord. No. 9111-2010, § 1, 10-19-10) Sec. 28-10. - Limitation on continuous and cumulative occupancy and use. (a) The sleeping accommodations of a hotel shall be only for the use of transient occupants and shall not be used or occupied under any permanent basis, and no such occupant shall be deemed to be a resident therein. (b) Effective upon the passage of this provision, it shall be unlawful for a hotel to let or otherwise provide a room therein to any person for more than thirty (30) days of continuous occupancy.