East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1950-06-15

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Building Inspector of the City of
East Cleveland of such appoint
ment instanter, in writing, which
notice shall also bear the sigma
ture of the new agent.
(b) Within thirty (30) days af-
ter this ordinance becomes effec-
tive, all owners or proprietors of
a rooming house, foster home or
hotel who do not live on the
premises and who are holders of
license filed previous to the eff
fective date hereof shall file with
the Building Inspector of the City
of East Cleveland a statement
signed by such owner showing the
name of a person residing on the
premises as his agent and such
agent shall also sign said statement
which shall be attached to the orr
ginal license application and be-
come part thereof.
SECTION Z: 1t shall be un-
lawful for any proprietor licensed
to conduct any rooming house,
foster home or hotel in the City
of East Cleveland, to suffer or per-
nit any portion thereof to be used
as a house of ill-fame, or a place
of assignation, for the purpose of
prostitution, fornication or lewd-
ness, or to suffer or permit any
lascivious co-habitation, adultery,
fornication or other immoral or
unlawful acts to be carried on
therein.
SECTION 8: Any proprietor
conducting a rooming house or
hotel in the City of East Cleveland
shall at all times keep and maintain
therein a standard hotel register, in
which shall be inscribed with ink or
indelible pencil the name and home
address of each and every guest or
person renting or occupying a room
or rooms therein. Such register
shall be signed by the person rent
ing a room or rooms, and the
proprietor of such rooming house
or hotel shall thereupon write op-
posite such name or names so
registered the number of each
room assigned to and occupied by
each guest, together with the time
when such room is rented; and
until all of the aforesaid entries
shall have been made in such regis
ter, no guest shall be suffered OF
permitted to occupy privately any
room in such house. When the
occupant or occupants of each
room so rented shall quit and sur
render the same, it shall be the
further duty of the proprietor of
such rooming house or hotel to
enter the time thereof in such
register opposite the name of
such occupant or occupants. Such
register shall be kept at all times
open to the inspection of any guest
of such house or hotel wherein
such register is kept and of any
executive or police officer of the
City of East Cleveland, Ohio.
SECTION g: 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any person to write, or
cause to be written, or knowingly
permit to be written, in any regis
ter in any rooming house or hotel
in the City of East Cleveland any
other or different name or desig-
nation than the true name of the
person registering therein, or the
name by which such person is
generally known.
SECTION 10: 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any proprietor of a room
ing house, foster home, or hotel in
the City of East Cleveland to rent
or assign to persons of opposite
sex, any room in such rooming
house or hotel unless such persons
shall be registered as husband and
wife, or as parent and minor child,
or if, Notwithstanding such regis
tration, such proprietor shall have
reasonable cause to believe such
persons are not husband and wife,
or parent and minor child.
SECTION IL: 1t shall be unlaw-
full for persons of opposite sex,
except husband and wife, or parent
and minor child, to occupy jointly
and privately any room in any
rooming house, foster home or
hotel in the City of East Cleve-
land, Ohio.
SECTION 12: It shall be unlaw-
/ full for any proprietor to rent any
room in any rooming house or
hotel in the City of East Cleveland
more than once between the hours
of six (6) o'clock in the evening
and six (6) o'clock in the NOR
ming of the next day.
SECTION 13: A license granted
under the provisions of this ordin-
ance may be revoked or suspended
by the City Manager if the pro-
prietor or licensee violates any of
the provisions of this ordinance.
(a) When the Building Inspector
or any Deputy of his office has
reason to belive that a violation of
this ordinance exists he may enter
any premises for the purpose of
making an inspection thereof and
any owner, agent or occupant
thereof who refuses to permit such
Building Inspector or his Deputy
to enter said premises for the pur-
pose of such inspection, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be subject to the penal
ties provided in Section ID hereof.
(b) The Board of Zoning Ap-
peals shall be the Board of Ap-
peals for the Rooming House Or
dinance. The Board of Zoning Ap-
peals may adopt from time to time
such rules and regulations as they
may deem necessary to carry into
effect the provisions of the Room
ing House Ordinance. Any decision
of the Building Inspector or other
City official made in the enforce
ment of the Rooming House Ordin-
ance may be appealed to the Board
of Zoning Appeals by any person
adversely affected by such deci-
sions; said appeal to be made in
writing. Where there are practi-
cal difficulties or unnecessary hard
ships in the way of carrying out
the strict letter of the provisions
of this Ordinance, the Board of
Zoning Appeals shall have the