Groton, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 9 art. IV div. 7 (2026) § 9-205

(a) No person shall operate a roominghouse or shall occupy or let to another for occupancy, any rooming unit in any roominghouse except in compliance with the appropriate provisions of this article. No owner or other person shall occupy or let to another person any vacant rooming unit unless it is clean, sanitary or fit for human occupancy, and is in compliance with all the following applicable requirements of the town: (1) Permit required; application; transferability; expiration. No person shall operate a roominghouse unless he holds a valid roominghouse permit, issued by the director of public health in the name of the operator and for the specific dwelling or dwelling unit specified therein. The operator shall apply to the director of public health for such permit, which shall be issued by the director of public health only after he has determined the roominghouse to be in compliance with the applicable provisions of this article and with any rules and regulations adopted pursuant hereto. This permit shall be displayed in a conspicuous place within the roominghouse at all times. No such permit shall be transferable. Every person holding such a permit shall give notice in writing to the director of public health within 24 hours after having sold, transferred, given away or otherwise disposed of ownership of, interest in or control of any roominghouse. Such notice shall include the name and address of the person succeeding to the ownership or control of such roominghouse. Every roominghouse permit shall expire at the end of one year following its date of issuance, unless sooner suspended or revoked. (2) Plumbing. At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower, properly connected to a water and sewer system or septic tank, approved by the health officer and in good working condition, shall be supplied for each six persons or fraction thereof residing within a roominghouse, including members of the operator's family wherever they share the use of the facilities, provided that: a. In a roominghouse where rooms are let only to males, flush urinals may be substituted for not more than one-half the required number of water closets; b. All such facilities shall be so located within the dwelling as to be reasonably accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing such facilities; c. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot water at all times; d. No such facilities shall be located in a basement, except by written approval of the director of public health; e. Cooking in a rooming unit shall be prohibited; f. Communal cooking and dining facilities in a roominghouse shall be prohibited, except as approved by the health officer in writing; g. Rooming unit doors shall have operating locks to ensure privacy. (3) Linen, towels and bedding. The operator of every roominghouse shall change supplied bed linen and towels therein at least once each week and prior to letting of any room to any occupant, and shall be responsible for the maintenance of all supplied bedding in a clean and sanitary manner. (4) Sleeping area. Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one person shall contain at least 70 square feet of useable floor area, in which there is a ceiling height of no less than five feet and where the room width is not less than seven feet and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one person shall contain at least 50 square feet of floor space for each occupant thereof. (5) Means of egress. Every rooming unit shall have one or more safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to safe and open space at ground level, as required by the laws of this state and the town. (6) Every provision of this article which applies to roominghouses shall also apply to hotels and motels, except to the extent that any such provision may be found in conflict with the laws of this state or the town.