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Timestamp: 2019-05-27 07:21:19
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394', '§ 394']

City of Royal Oak, MI Hotels, Boardinghouses, Bed-And-Breakfasts and Tourist Homes
§ 394-1 Short title.
§ 394-3 License required; expiration; authority to impose conditions.
§ 394-5 License review.
§ 394-7 Investigation.
§ 394-8 Refusal, suspension, revocation or nonrenewal of license.
§ 394-9 Authority to revoke license.
§ 394-10 Procedure for recommendation on nonrenewal, revocation or suspension.
§ 394-11 License refusal; hearing.
§ 394-12 Rules and regulations.
§ 394-13 Limitations on continuous and cumulative occupancy.
§ 394-14 Reporting false information.
§ 394-15 Smoking in bed prohibited.
§ 394-16 Reporting of fires.
§ 394-17 No assignment of license.
§ 394-18 Violations and penalties.
Chapter 394 Hotels, Boardinghouses, Bed-And-Breakfasts and Tourist Homes
[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Commission of the City of Royal Oak 12-18-1995 by Ord. No. 95-15. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Hotel-Motel Committee — See Ch. 39, Art. VIII.
Housing — See Ch. 400.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Hotel, Motel, Bed-and-Breakfast, Rooming House, Boardinghouse and Tourist Home License and Regulation Ordinance."
For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall be deemed to have the meanings hereafter set forth:
The room or other space provided to transient guests for lodging or sleeping, including furnishings and other accessories therein. Accommodations do not include food or beverage.
BED-AND-BREAKFAST OPERATIONS
A use which is subordinate to the principal use of a dwelling unit as a single-family dwelling unit and a use in which transient guests are provided a sleeping room and board in return for payment.
[Added 2-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-2]
A building or group of buildings containing units (a bedroom, closet and a bathroom) or rooms, which provide for accommodations for transient persons for compensation for periods of 30 consecutive days or less, except as provided in § 394-13.
Any premises licensed pursuant to this chapter.
ROOMING AND/OR BOARDING HOUSE
Any building where, for compensation, and by prearrangement for definite periods, lodging or lodging and meals are provided for more than three persons.
Any building in which there are less than 10 rooms or rental units, other than rooms which are occupied by the family of the owner or lessee, which provides accommodations for transient persons for compensation for periods of 30 consecutive days or less, except as provided in § 394-13.
A person lodging for compensation in any hotel, motel or tourist home for a period of 30 consecutive days or less.
[Amended 5-20-1996 by Ord. No. 96-11; 2-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-2; 9-9-2002 by Ord. No. 2002-03; 11-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-21]
No person or other business entity of any sort shall operate a hotel, motel, bed-and-breakfast, rooming house, boardinghouse and/or tourist home within the City of Royal Oak without first having obtained a license for that purpose. A license shall expire on December 31 following the date of issuance, unless sooner suspended or revoked. The City may impose reasonable conditions upon the issuance of any license, including but not limited to those minimum conditions referenced within this chapter or any other applicable ordinance of the City of Royal Oak.
[Added 10-16-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-24; amended 11-11-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-21]
Applicants for a license and all licensees shall comply with all applicable state and City regulations and this general policy, and shall submit a comprehensive, written plan of operation which must be approved. A licensee shall operate the premises consistent with any representations made to the City Commission in obtaining the license. Failure of such compliance or variance from the plan presented may result in the refusal by the City Commission to renew a license or in revocation of the license. All plans of operation or changes thereto shall be subject to the approval of the City Commission.
The City Commission may undertake a review of any license at any time to determine whether the license should be renewed, suspended or revoked.
The phrase "of suitable character" as used in this chapter for the purpose of licensing shall be construed to mean the propensity on the part of the person to serve the public in the licensed area in a fair, lawful, honest and open manner.
Other information. The Chief of Police may consider any other information and documentation, which the Chief considers relevant to make a determination as to whether the applicant is of suitable character, which information may include, upon request, all tax records, business records, profit/loss statements and any other financial information regarding the operation of the licensed premises.
The Chief of Police or his or her designated representative shall complete his or her investigation and determination within 30 days of being provided with the application.
If the investigation by the Chief of Police or his or her designated representative does not evidence a lack of suitable character, the City Clerk shall refer the application to the Chief Building Inspector, Fire Chief, or their designated representatives, who shall cause a thorough inspection of the premises to be made to ensure that all pertinent provisions of state law and local ordinances are being complied with. The results of such inspections shall be returned to the City Clerk within 30 days of the date the application was referred.
A license requested under this chapter may be refused by the City Clerk or his or her designated representative, and any license issued under the provisions of this chapter may be suspended by the City Manager or his or her designated representative, and revoked or not renewed by the City Commission, for cause. The term "cause" as used in this chapter shall include the doing or omitting of any act, or permitting any condition to exist for which a license is issued, or upon any premises used in connection therewith, which act, omission or condition is contrary to the health, safety and welfare of the public, is unlawful, irregular or fraudulent in nature, is unauthorized or beyond the scope of the license issued, or is forbidden by this chapter or any applicable law. Cause shall include, but not be limited to:
Any violation of federal or state law or local ordinance which creates a risk to the health, safety or welfare of the transients or to the community, or brings into question whether the licensee is of suitable character to operate the business.
Failure by the licensee to permit the inspection of the licensed premises by the City's agents or employees in connection with the enforcement of this chapter.
Each establishment licensed pursuant to this chapter shall be operated and maintained in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations of the City of Royal Oak and the State of Michigan. Upon any violation of this chapter pursuant to § 394-8, after notice and hearing, the City Commission may revoke such license.
Before taking any action concerning nonrenewal, revocation or suspension of a license, the City Manager, or his or her designated representative, shall serve the licensee by first class mail, mailed at least 10 days prior to a hearing, with notice of hearing, which notice shall contain the following:
Upon completion of the hearing, the City Commission shall submit to the licensee a written statement of its findings and determination within 60 days.
During the procedure for nonrenewal, revocation or suspension, the licensee will be permitted to continue to operate until such time as the findings and determination is served upon the licensee by mail or otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
The following rules, regulations and conditions shall be observed by each licensee under this chapter:
All accommodations must afford easy and unobstructed access to a hall or passageway or to the outdoors.
In every hotel, motel or tourist home hereafter erected, all accommodations shall be in compliance with the BOCA National Building Code, the BOCA National Property Maintenance Code and/or all applicable building codes in the City of Royal Oak.
In a tourist home, there must be provided at least one toilet, washing facilities and shower or bathtub for each eight occupants or less. Hot and cold running water must be provided.
The third or higher floor of any building shall not be used for lodging or sleeping purposes unless equipped with fire escape facilities as required by all applicable regulations and codes, and unless approved by the proper authorities designated in those regulations and codes.
Rooms must be kept clean and free from dirt, vermin, garbage and rubbish.
Clean sheets, pillow cases and towels must be provided before a transient guest may occupy a bed previously occupied by another person.
The cooking of food in or upon the premises is prohibited, other than in a kitchenette facility in compliance with applicable codes and regulations, and approved by the proper authorities designated in those codes and regulations. The use of hotplates or similar equipment which can be utilized to heat or cook food is specifically prohibited. A notice to this effect shall be conspicuously posted in each accommodation.
A register shall be provided and maintained on the premises near the main entrance and shall be submitted, upon demand, to any official or police officer of the City of Royal Oak. The register shall contain the following information subscribed in ink:
The correct name and address of every guest, renting or occupying a room, including but not limited to nonpaying minors and/or dependents. The guest shall furnish proof of identity by showing a valid driver's license or voter registration card or similar identification, and provide a date of birth.
Each guest with a motor vehicle on the site shall provide the make, year and model of the motor vehicle, as well as the license plate number.
The date and time of arrival and date of departure of every guest, and the number of days each guest has been at the establishment during the calendar year.
Where two persons occupy the same room and at least one of the persons is a minor, the relationship of said person shall be noted on the register.
No licensee shall knowingly permit any accommodations and/or other location on the premises to be used for an unlawful purpose.
All licensees shall permit free access by the Chief Building Inspector, Fire Marshal, Chief of Police, or their representatives at all reasonable times.
No licensee shall permit or allow his agent, servant or employee to permit any minor under the age of 18 years of age to obtain accommodations in any establishment licensed under this chapter, unless the licensee, his agent, servant or employee forthwith notifies the Royal Oak Police Department, orally and in writing, of the presence of such minor.
Accommodations shall not be made available for a period in hourly increments, nor shall any accommodation be made available more than one time during the eighteen-hour period of 12:00 noon to the following morning at 6:00 a.m. The right to occupy any accommodation shall not be assigned or transferred.
[Amended 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-22[1]]
Editor's Note: Section 8 of this ordinance provided that the ordinance shall take effect 1-1-2015, and on or before 7-1-2014 every licensee shall have a copy of the ordinance posted in a conspicuous location on the licensed premises.
Occupancy of a room shall be limited to the number of beds in the room, but in no event shall occupancy exceed more than two persons for every one bed.
These rules and regulations (§§ 394-12, 394-14 and 394-17 of this chapter) shall be conspicuously displayed with the license at each registration area.
Each room of every establishment shall receive daily housekeeping/cleaning and inspection.
[Added 10-16-2000 by Ord. No. 2000-24]
Any accumulations of snow shall be removed from the licensed establishment in a timely manner, and such snow removed from parking lots and all other areas of the licensed establishment shall not be placed on adjacent public easements, sidewalks, or on or near a fire hydrant.
Each occupied lodging room of every licensed establishment shall have a working telephone with direct access to 911 emergency services.
[Added 2-12-2001 by Ord. No. 2001-2; amended 9-12-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-12]
[Amended 5-20-1996 by Ord. No. 96-11; 11-18-2013 by Ord. No. 2013-22[1]]
Accommodations in any establishment shall not be made available for more than 30 consecutive days, or for more than 60 days total in any consecutive one-hundred-eighty-day period, unless the establishment meets or exceeds all the requirements for Residential Group R-2 under the Michigan Building Code, as amended. If an accommodation is rented to or otherwise occupied by any person for either of the maximum time periods allowed by this section, then such accommodation may not again be rented or occupied by that same person or any person that was a member of that person’s party.
It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to inscribe in any hotel, motel or tourist home register or to give for the purpose of being inscribed in such register any false information. Knowing or having reasonable cause to be believe such information to be false, the licensee or his employee shall notify the Police Department of such fact, and failure to do so shall be grounds for revocation of the license.
It shall be unlawful for any transient guest to smoke while in bed, or for any licensee to permit smoking in bed. A notice to this effect shall be posted in each sleeping room.
Each licensee under this chapter shall cause the Fire Department of the City of Royal Oak to be immediately notified when a fire occurs within his establishment. Any person therein who discovers such a fire shall immediately notify the person in charge of the place of registration.
No license granted pursuant to this chapter may be assigned, transferred or otherwise utilized by any other person or entity other than the licensee.