Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-09
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AN ORDINANCE to provide for the licensing
OF public lodging houses within the city Of q
to protect the health of the inmates thereof.
Be II ordained by the Mayor and Common
Council sansidr Of ,- the s SSisyy q Se N Ssgawfui az for f0l any per-
son, firm or corporation to conduct any public
lodging house within the city OF Newark
without first procuring from the city of New
ark a license for that purpose, and paying
therefor a fee of one dollar.
Section EVERY building in which ten or
more persons are lodged for a single night or
longer at a charge OF thirtyLnxe &C. GEMS sem pei
n,sht or LESS t1 Ipdg,ng house within the mean.
Ing of this ordinance.
Section 3-The Committee on Licenses OF the
persons, firms or corporations as. in the dis
cretion of said committee, may seem proper,
under the terms and conditions of this ordin-
ance. to keep and maintain public lodging
houses In the city of Newark.
The person. firm or corporation TO TO t Wnom
comply with the provisions of this ordinance,
and upon failure SO to do, the SAID Comnli.tee
upon Licenses may, upon notice and opportun-
ify to be heard, suspend or revoke' the IL
cense.
ordinance shall expire on the first day of May
next after the same shall be issued and may
be renewed annually; subject to the same
Section EVERY application for a license TO
conduct a public lodging house In the city OF
Newark shall be In writing and shall SET fortn.
a. The full name and address of the appll-
cant and person in whose name sucn Incense
is to be issued.
b.. The location (street number OF such pro
posed lodging house.
O. The full name and address of the owner
Of the premises upon which such mouse Is 10
d. What portion of the premises is intended
TO be used for lodging house purposes.
e. The size of the building and the character
of material of which the same is constructed.
f. Whether or not the building is connected
g. The number, location and dimensions of
each sleeping room.
room and whether the same are open to thu
outer air or not.
i. The number OF water closets on each
floor.
j. The number of set wash basins on each
floor.
K. The number and description of all bathing
apparatus on eacn floor.
i. The number of dodgers provided for in
No license shall be granted to keep a public
lodging house unless the application therefor
shall be accompanied by a certihcate from the
Newark to the effect that all ordinances OF
the city of Newark relating to buildings have
also be accompanied by a certificate of the
health officer OF the Board Of Health that all
requirements of the sanitary CODE have been
complied with.
Section s-When a license is granted by the
Committee on Licenses to any person. firm or
corporation to conduct a public lodging house,
the City Clerk shall Issue to such person. firm
or corporation a license therefor. Every such
license shall specify the name of the person.
firm or corporation to whom 1t Is Issued, the
street and number where the lodging house is
located and for which the License Is granted r tied
when the same expires and shall be signed by
the Mayor and City Clerk and sealed with the
city seal. No license shall be valid except for
the place specified therein as the place where
the business is to be conducted. The license
shall be at all times displayed in a conspicu-
GUS place in the office of the lodging house for
which it is issued. 1t shalt be the duty Of
the City Clerk to collect one dollar license fee
from the person to whom the license is &C.
tually delivered.
Section Livery public lodging house in the
of the Board OF Health within thirty days
after the issuing OF a license therefor, and
shall also be inspected once in every thirty
days thereafter.
Section s-Before any license is issued the
City Clerk shall transmit to the health officer
of the city q copy thereof and of the appiica-
ton therefor. 1t shall be the duty OF the
health officer thereupon to deliver to the City
licensed, upon which shall be set forth the
greatest number of dodgers which shall bs
p perm sSan to d eIGupy s sueh c ro9m' "a and dbs the esr city
receiving the license. Each card shall be
posted IN a conspicuous place In the room to
sons than specified in any such card shall be
allowed to occupy the room in the lodging
house in which the card is posted and to
Each and every room in any such public
lodging house shall be at all times ade-
stances shall there be provided less than four
hundred cubic feet of air space for each occu-
pant OF SuCn TOOTH.
Neither side of any bed in any such public
lodging house shall be at any time nearer
and ali bedsteads shall be so arranged thai
the air shall circulate freely about and. under
them.
Each bed shall be numbered for identified.
ton.
Beds which have been occupied at night
shall be vacated by ten a. M. and the bedding
thereof shall be turned over and exposed &c
the air from eleven a. m. to four p. m. daily.
For the accommodation of day dodgers. spec
ial beda or rooms ahall he net ana ri and thu
bedding of such beds must be TUNED over and
exposed to the air in a room with side win.
top and bottom, for at least four consecutive
hours daily.
be allowed in sleeping rooms between the
hours of ten a. m and two p. m.
In each public lodging house there shall be
bedstead with bedding satisfactory to the
Board of Health, and no lodger shall be al.
no case shall more than one person be per-
mitted to occupy the same bed.
Al MATTRESSES shall be provided witt water.
be at all times accessible to thorough inspec-
ton.
shall be at all times kept clean and free
from vermln.
Sheets and blankets shall be provided for
Clean sheets and clean pillowcases shall be
provided at least twice a week IL the bed
is regularly occupied by the same lodger. Clean
anu CiCdll WIG 10 IN
for each new ledger.
All blankets must be washed at least four
times a year.
Iron bedsteads not less than three feet wide
having another similar bedstead over 1t may be
used, provided that the upper bed is not less
than four feet in the clear above the first.
Section Each and every public lodging
house in the city OF Newark shall be provided
with at least two stairways leading from the
ground to the upper story, and shall be SO
located that the entrance to every room In
such building shall be not more than one hun
bred feet from a stairway.
Section 1o-In every public lodging house there
shall be provided at least one water closet and
one urinal in each floor. and water closets and
urinals shall be provided in every floor in the
ratio of at least one water closet and one urinal
to every twenty beds, or fraction thereof.
2. Every water closet shall be adequately ven
tilated by an unobstructed opening to the outer
air, subject as to detail and size to the require
ments of the sanitary code of the Board of
Health.
g.. Every water closet shall be provided with a
disinfectant, constantly in use.
4. No gas or offensive smell shall be allowed
to escape from any water closet, sewer or outlet
into any room. Zach water closet shall be pro-
vided with a full-length. self-closing door.
s. In no public lodging house shall any person
be allowed to sleep in a room in which there
closets be left open at night.
Section Ill. Ip every public lodging house
there shall be at least one waeh room on each
floor, and every such wash room shall be pro-
vfded with running water, set wash basins or
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