Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 19 - Public Health and Safety › 13-B › Chapter II - ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH › Subsurface Sewage Disposal › Section 19-13-B29 - Motels and overnight cabins

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Registration.
The management of a motel or any area where
				  overnight cabins are rented for living purposes shall register in writing, with
				  the local director of health of the town, city or borough in which such motel
				  or area is located, a description of the motel or area with its location, and
				  such registration shall be made annually in January or in advance of the
				  opening of the motel or overnight cabin area for use.
(b)
Water supply.
A water supply
				  of sanitary quality shall be provided in ample quantity to meet all
				  requirements of the maximum number of persons using such a tract at any time.
				  Wherever water is obtained from other than an approved public water supply, it
				  shall be of safe, sanitary quality approved by the state department of
				  health.
(c)
Plumbing.
The plumbing facilities within each motel or cabin shall conform with the
				  requirements of section
				  19-13-B45.
(d)
Drinking facilities.
Multi-use drinking cups or glasses furnished by management shall be thoroughly
				  cleaned and effectively subjected to an approved bactericidal process after
				  each change of occupancy and single service containers shall be protected
				  against contamination by sanitary covering or storage before use.
(e)
Emergency sanitary
				  facilities.
Sewage disposal facilities for each motel or cabin or group
				  of cabins shall be approved by the local director of health. They shall be laid
				  out on the basis of nonresidential buildings as set forth in sections
				  19-13-B20h(b) and
				  19-13-B20
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(b), or, if such facilities include complete
				  sanitary facilities for residential use such as cooking and washing, the size
				  and design of such facilities shall be on the basis of number of bedrooms for
				  residential buildings as set forth in sections 19-13-B20a to 19-13-B20r,
				  inclusive. In no case shall septic tanks be installed with a liquid capacity of
				  less than one thousand gallons. The methods of sewage or refuse disposal
				  utilized in connection with a motel or an overnight cabin area, shall be such
				  as to create no nuisance. Where public sewers exist, connection shall be made
				  to such sewers in lieu of private sewage disposal facilities.
(f)
Washing and toilet
				  facilities.
Adequate washing and toilet facilities shall be provided. If
				  individual washing and toilet facilities are not provided in each rental unit,
				  central facilities shall include separate toilets for men and women with at
				  least one toilet seat for each fifteen men or fraction thereof, and at least
				  one toilet seat for each fifteen women or fraction thereof, and at least one
				  wash basin for each twenty men or fraction thereof, and at least one wash basin
				  for each twenty women or fraction thereof. Wash basin and water shall be
				  readily accessible to toilet rooms. Soap and individual towels shall be
				  provided.
(g)
Public swimming
				  pools and public swimming areas
. Public swimming pools and public
				  swimming areas, if provided, shall comply with the provisions of sections
				  19-13-B33b and
				  19a-36-B61 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(h)
General sanitation
				  requirements.
Buildings shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary
				  condition. When the state department of health or the local director of health
				  so directs, a certificate of approval shall be obtained from the local or state
				  fire marshal. All hot water and space heaters shall be properly located and
				  vented.
(i)
Responsibility of
				  management.
The management of every motel or area for overnight cabins
				  shall assume responsibility for maintaining in good repair all water and
				  sanitary facilities.