Cicero — Part II Ch. 46 Art. X Minimum Housing Code § 46-478

(a) No person shall operate a roominghouse or shall occupy or let to another for occupancy any rooming unit in any roominghouse without compliance with every section of this article, except sections 46-472 and 46-477 .
(b) No person shall operate a roominghouse unless he holds a valid roominghouse permit issued in the name of the operator and for the specified dwelling or dwelling unit in accordance with the following:
(1) 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 health department 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 as provided in this section.
(2) Application for roominghouse permit shall be made in the business license department.
(3) The annual fee for such permit shall be $75.00.
(4) Any person whose application for a permit to operate a roominghouse has been denied may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the hearing board under the procedure provided by section 46-440 .
(5) When, upon inspection of any roominghouse, the health inspector finds that conditions or practices exist that are in violation of any section of this article or of any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this article, the health inspector shall give notice in writing to the operator of such roominghouse that, unless such conditions or practices are corrected within a reasonable period, to be determined by the health inspector, the operator's roominghouse permit will be suspended. At the end of such period, the health inspector shall reinspect such roominghouse and, if he finds that such conditions or practices have not been corrected, he shall give notice in writing to the operator that the operator's permit has been suspended. Upon receipt of notice of suspension, such operator shall immediately cease operation of such roominghouse, and no person shall occupy for sleeping or living purposes any rooming unit therein.
(6) Any person whose permit to operate a roominghouse has been suspended or who has received notice from the health inspector that his permit is to be suspended unless existing conditions or practices at his roominghouse are corrected may request and shall be granted a hearing on the matter before the hearing board as provided in section 46-440 . If no petition for such hearing is filed within ten days following the day on which such permit was suspended, such permit shall be deemed to have been automatically revoked.
(c) Every rooming unit shall contain at least one flush water closet, lavatory basin and bathtub or shower properly connected to the town water and sewer system and which will remain in good working order.
(d) The operator of every roominghouse shall change supplied bed linen and towels therein at least once each week and prior to the letting of any room to any occupant. The operator shall be responsible for the maintenance of all supplied bedding in a clean and sanitary manner.
(e) Every room occupied for sleeping purposes by one person shall contain at least 100 square feet of floor space, and every room occupied for sleeping purposes by more than one person shall contain at least 100 square feet of floor space for the first person and 30 square feet of floor space for each additional occupant thereof. For purposes of this subsection, closet or storage space shall not be included in the calculation of floor space.
(f) Every rooming unit shall have safe, unobstructed means of egress leading to a safe and open space at ground level.
(g) The operator of every roominghouse shall be responsible for the sanitary maintenance of all walls, floors, and ceilings and the maintenance and sanitary condition in every other part of the roominghouse. He shall be further responsible for the sanitary maintenance of the entire premises where the entire structure or building is leased or occupied by the operator.
(h) Every section of this article that applies to roominghouses shall also apply to hotels, except to the extent that any such section may be found in conflict with state laws or with the lawful regulations of any state board or agency.