Old Saybrook, Conn., Code of Ordinances ch. 166 (2026) § 166-13

A. No person shall operate a rooming house unless he holds a current, unrevoked operating license issued by the Board of Selectmen in his or her name for the specific named rooming house. B. Every operating license shall be issued for a period of one year from its date of issuance unless sooner revoked, and may be renewed for successive periods of not to exceed one year. C. The Board of Selectmen is hereby authorized upon application therefor to issue new operating licenses, and renewals thereof, in the names of applicant owners or operators of rooming houses. No such licenses shall be issued unless the rooming house in connection with which the license is sought is found after inspection to meet all applicable requirements of this code and applicable rules and regulations pursuant thereto. D. No operating license shall be issued or renewed unless the applicant owner or operator has first made application therefor on an application form provided by the Board of Selectmen. The Board of Selectmen shall develop such forms and make them available to the public. E. No operating license shall be issued or renewed unless the applicant owner or operator agrees in his application to such inspection pursuant to §§ 166-11A and 166-12A and 11.01 as the Board of Selectmen may require to determine whether the rooming house in connection with which such license is sought is in compliance with the applicable provisions of this code and with applicable rules and regulations pursuant thereto. F. No operating license shall be issued or renewed unless the completed application form be accompanied by payment of a license fee approved by the Board of Selectmen. G. No operating license shall be issued or renewed for a nonresident applicant unless such applicant designates in writing to the Board of Selectmen the name of his or her agent for the receipt of service of notice of violation of the provisions of this code and for service of process pursuant to this code. H. No operating license shall be issued or renewed for a resident applicant unless such applicant has first designated an agent for the receipt of service of violations of the provisions of this code, when said applicant is absent from the Town of Old Saybrook for 30 or more days. Such a designation shall be made in writing and shall accompany each application form. The applicant may designate any person resident in the Town of Old Saybrook as his or her agent for this purpose. I. No operating license shall be renewed unless an application therefor has been made within 60 days prior to the expiration of the present operating license. J. Each license shall be displayed in a conspicuous place within the common ways of the rooming house. No license shall be transferable to another person or to another multiple dwelling or rooming house. K. Every owner or operator of a licensed rooming house shall keep or cause to be kept an accurate record of all repairs, alterations and equipment changes related to the provisions of this code or to any rules and regulations pertaining thereto, and all corrections made as the result of inspections by the Board of Selectmen. Such record shall be made available to the Board of Selectmen by the owner or operator when requested. Every owner or operator subject to this section shall be notified that such record may be used in administrative or judicial proceedings pursuant to the provisions of this code. The Board of Selectmen shall, upon issuance of a license as required in Subsection A of this section, advise the licensee of the necessity for such record and the manner in which such record shall be kept. L. Whenever, upon inspection of the licensed rooming house, or of the records required to be kept by Subsection K above, the Board of Selectmen finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of the provisions of this code or of any applicable rules and regulations pursuant thereto, the owner or operator shall be served with notice of such violation in the manner hereinafter provided. Such notice shall state that unless the violations cited are corrected within reasonable time, the operating license may be suspended. M. At the end of the time they have allowed for correction of any violation cited, the Board of Selectmen shall reinspect the rooming house and if it is determined that such conditions have not been corrected, an order suspending the operating license may be issued. N. Any person whose license to operate a rooming house has been suspended shall be entitled to a reconsideration of the order by an administrative conference or by an appeal to the Housing Code Appeals Board in the manner hereinafter provided by this code. If no request for reconsideration or appeal reaches the Board of Selectmen within 21 days following the issuance of the order of suspension, the license shall be revoked, except that prior to revocation, any person whose license has been suspended may request reinspection, upon a showing that the violation or violations cited in the notice have been corrected. O. If, upon reinspection, the Board of Selectmen finds that the rooming house in connection with which the notice was issued is now in compliance with this code and with applicable rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto, the license shall be reinstated. A request for reinspection shall not extend the suspension period, unless the Board of Selectmen grants such request.