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BYLAW - License, Regulate and Govern Lodging Houses - 19600516 - 144260-l.J .l ..... _, BY -LAW NUMBER I if t c:L of the Corporation of the Town of Aurora A BY-LAW TO LICENSE, REGULATE AND GOVERN LODGING HOUSES AND THE KEEPERS OF LODGING HOUSES AND FOR REVOKING OF ANY LICENSE. WHEREAS Section 388 (1) Subsection 127 provides that. Councils of local.MunicipalitieS may pass a By~Law for licensing, regulating and governing lodging houses and the keepers of lodging houses and for revoking any such license. AND WHEREAS the Council of the Town of Aurora deems ""' it,advisable to pass a By-Law to license, regulate and govern·lodging'houses and the keepers of lodging houses in the Town of Aurora and for revoking any such license. NOW THEREFORE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CORPOR- ATION OF THE TOWN OF AURORA. ENACTS AS FOLLOWS: 1. In this By-Law, (a) Lodging house means any house or other building or portion thereof in which perscns are harboured, received or lodged for hire but does not include an hotel, hospital, home for the young or aged or institution, provided the hotel, hospital, home or institution is licensed, approved or supervised under any general or sp~cial Act. (b) Keeper means the person for the time being licensed ' to keep a lodging house. (c) Board shall mean the York County Health Unit. (d) Building shall mean any house, building or similar structure, the whole or any portion of which is used or intended for use for lodging persons and premises appurtenant thereto and therein with the land ~ all out-buildings, J;l; fences or erections thereon or therein. 2. No person shall, within the limits of the Town of Aurora, carry on a lodging house or be the keeper of such ~ a lodging house, unless or until he shall procure a license _A,( l f{fY therefor from the Board and every person so licensed shall < be subject to the provisions of this by-law. 3. There shall be taken out by every person who keeps, carries on, operates or controls a lodging house, a license :-: 2. authorizing him so to do for which said license the person obtaining same shall pay at the time of taking out such license a fee a~.cording to the scale of fees set out in schedule "A" to this by-law. ~. Each license shall be issued in respect of a location as set out in the license and the person licensed under this " e(j} · by-law shall not use any such license for a different location/" 5. Each 1te·ense shall be issued in respect of a definite number of persons and the person licensed shall not permit any greater number of persons than the number named in the license to be harboured, received or lodged for hire at the location in respect of which the license was issued. 6. The keeper shall not permit any lodger to occupy for '·· sleeping purposes any space in a building used a lobby, hallway, closet, bathroom, stairway, kitchen, nor any room having a floor spa!<e of less than fifty square feet, nor room the floor of which is more than four feet below the finished gzade of the land adjo~ning the building. any§ / 7. No room used for sleeping purposes shall be occupied ~ by more than one person for wa~h fifty square feet of the ~' · floor area thereof. 8. The keeper shall not permit any person in such lodging house to be used for sleeping purposes unless it contains a window opening directly to the outside air, which window shall be glazed, shall not be less than 10 per centum of the floor are of the room in size, shall be provided with suitable hard-~ ware and be capable of being opened to the extent of not les~'i/ than 5 per centum of the floor area of such room. 9. The keeper shall regulate and control the lodging house so that it shall not be a nuisance to the o'mers and occupants of premises in the vicinity thereof, and shall take such action as may be necessary to prevent any noise, distur- bance or trespass by lodgers of the lodging house which might .~13 interfere with the quiet and peaceful enjoyment of such ~ · premises. 3. 10. For the purpose of determining the number of persons who may be r~ceived into a lodging house or who may occupy any room therein for sleeping p. urposes, two children under tan ,~ years of age shall be counted as one person. ~1 11. The keeper shall maintain the lodging house in a thoroughly clean, safe and sanitary condition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, he shall, - (a) Keep the cellar of the building well drained and ventilated. (b) Keep all buildings weatherproof, free from dampness, adequately heated, and keep all heating equipment in good repair. (c) Keep all parts of the building free from rubbish, gar- bage, ashes, flammable materials and other debris. (d) In lodging houses where meals are served, maintain adequate kitchen equipment and facilities to ensure the pro- per preparation and protection of food. (e) Take whatever steps are necessary to keep ings free from vermin, insects and pests. the Every applicant for a license to keep a lodging house shall file with the license inspector a written application which shall contain the fmllowing informatiou; (a) Name and address of the applicant. (b) The location of the premises for which a license is sought. (c) The class or classes of lodging house which it is pro- posed will be operated. (d) The number of bed rooms available for lodgers. (e) The naximun number of persons which the applicant pro- poses to accommodate at one time. (f) The number of bath tubs or showers, wash basins and water closets in the premises s:>ught to be licensed. ,;· ,/ (g) Such other information as the Board from time to time may require. lj. The license inspector shall forthwith forward a copy of each application to the Medical Officer of Health who shall obtain reports from such other officials as he considers advisable, ['i L."._j a nd shail forw~rd his report on each application to the Secretary of the Board. 1~. The Board shall ha~e the right to specify the kind of license able to license and the n~ber of persons which it may consider ad~is-~ accommodate in the building in respect or which th~/~ is issued. The Medical Officer of Health, the Commissioner of Buildings or any other employee of the c·orporation required to administer or enforce the provsions of this by-law are hereby authorized to enter a lodging house at all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting same and to ascertain whether the regulations and provisions herein contained are being or have been complied with and it shall be an offence for any licensed under this by-law to prevent or obstruct any person ;}. "1\J such ;f( official from carrying out his duties under this by-law. ~ 16. In every lodging house, the license shall be posted/~ in a conspicuous place in the lower hallway. 17. A person licensed under this by-law may transfer the license or a part intereSit in any license, but the transferee shall make an application in every respect the same as that re- quired to obtain a license, and the powers, conditions, require- ments, and procedure relating to the granting, revocation and ~~ refusal of licenses shall apply to such applic~tion and the ~I' transferee. 18. Any person who acquires the interest of or part of the interest of any pason licensed under this by-law and shall carry on or continue to operate a lodging house without having first obtained a transfer or a new license shall be guilty·:~~~ an offence against this by-law. ~I', 19. The fee payable in respect of the transfer of any license or part interest therein shall be two dollars ($2,00) ~· and no license shall be transfereed more than once during t~\' currency thereof. 20. The Board may at any time revoke any license issued under this by-law, and notice thereof shall be given by the Board by registered letter mailed to the keeper at the address in respect of which the license applied. yrl~ '' v ·-----.------ !''-~! f ' \,.-.. ~) ' ' 5. 21. Every person who shall within the Town of Aurora con- duct, own, operate, engage in or carry on a lodging house without being the holder of alicense therefor, shall be liable to the Town of Aurora for the amount of the fee payable under the pro~ions of this by-law in respect thereof, and the same ,/() shall be a debt due to the Town of Aurora and shall be reaover- 22. Each license shall be in force for one year from the . day of iGSv£. , 23. Any person convicted of a breach of any of the provisions of this by-law shall forfeit and pay at the discretion of the "~. / convicting magistrate a penalty not exceeding the sum of ~~ !J~O. o o dollars for ea@h offence. 24. In this by-law words importing the singular number or masculine gender only shall include more persons, parties or ~ things of the same kind than one, and females as well as male~ and the converse. 25. This by-law shall come into force and and after the ;t. day of ~<I ,, y • "" o • take effect on~ READ A FIRST TIME THIS 1960. ~if!J~ "i'k Mtr If'~ READ A SECOND AND THIRD TIME AND PASSED THIS /b DAY OF 'kr 1960. C1~-~~-<t#tt./ SCHEDULE 11 A11 LICENSE FEES. Number of persons License Fees t/ or less iV"''-'·· /0 less {#? . ~ /9/Y/) 11/tP/f£ Ji/J9N if or ' ~' /.IJ {) J)aaw>?.. i)aLLr:Jii!f., / e-:e ::r tJv£fJ.. /I)