Article V — CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY

regarding structures built prior to August 8, 1963:

(a)

Apartment. "Apartment" means a room or suite of rooms in an apartment house or dwelling occupied, or intended or designed for occupation, for one family for living or sleeping purposes.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(b)

Apartment House. "Apartment House" means any structure more than one story in height, or any portion of any such structure occupied, or designed, built, or rented for occupation, as a home for three or more families, each living in a separate apartment and cooking within the structure.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(c)

Dormitory. "Dormitory" means a room occupied by more than two guests.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(d)

Dwelling. "Dwelling" means any structure, or any portion of a structure, other than an apartment house or hotel, containing one or more apartments or guest rooms.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(e)

Guest Room. "Guest Room" means a room occupied, or intended, arranged, or designed for occupation, by one or more guests. Every 100 square feet of superficial floor area in a dormitory is a guest room.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(f)

Hotel. "Hotel" means any structure, or any portion of a structure, including any lodging house, rooming house, dormitory, turkish bath, bachelor hotel, studio hotel, public club, or private club, containing six or more guests, whether rent is paid in money, goods, labor, or otherwise. It does not include any jail, hospital, asylum, sanitarium, orphanage, prison, detention, or other building in which human beings are housed and detained under legal restraint.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

regarding structures erected after August 8, 1963:

(a)

Apartment. "Apartment" shall mean a "Dwelling Unit," as defined in these regulations.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(b)

Apartment House. "Apartment House" means any building, or portion thereof, containing three or more apartments or dwelling units as defined in this article.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(c)

Dormitory. "Dormitory" means a room occupied by more than two guests.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(d)

Dwelling. Any building or any portion thereof, which is not an "Apartment House" or a "Hotel" or a "Lodging House" as defined in this article, which contains one or two "Dwelling units" or "guest rooms" used, intended, or occupied for living purposes.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(e)

Dwelling Unit. A "dwelling unit" is one or more habitable rooms which are occupied by one family with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(f)

Guest. Any person hiring or occupying a room for living or sleeping purposes.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(g)

Guest Room. "Guest room" is any room or rooms used, or intended to be used by a guest for sleeping purposes.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(h)

Hotel. "Hotel" is any building, or any portion of a building, including any lodging house, rooming house or dormitory, containing six or more guests whether rent is paid in money, goods, labor, or otherwise. It does not include any jail, hospital, asylum, sanitarium, orphanage, nursing home, convalescent home, home for the aged, or prison, detention home, or other institution in which human beings are housed and detained under legal restraint.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

(i)

Lodging House. Any building, or portion thereof, containing not more than five guest rooms which are used by not more than five guests where rent is paid in money, goods, labor or otherwise. A lodging house shall comply with all of the requirements of this article for dwellings.

(Ord. No. 483, § 1, 1966)

areas of the County of Lake, State of California, without first obtaining, from the Lake County Health Department, a Certificate of Occupancy and Operating Permit.

(Ord. No. 483, § 2, 1966)

(a)

Said Certificate of Occupancy and Operating Permit shall expire on December 31st of each calendar year beginning December 31, 1966, or on any change in ownership, operation, occupancy or physical facilities.

(Ord. No. 483, § 3, 1966)

of Supervisors, be revocable for cause, said cause to include, but not be limited to, any violation of the applicable provisions of the State of California Health and Safety Code or of any current codes of the County of Lake.

(Ord. No. 483, § 4, 1966)

(a)

Revoked permits shall be reinstated, by the Lake County Health Department, on completion of necessary improvements or on abatement of violations.

(Ord. No. 483, § 7, 1966)

Department, or whose operating permit has been revoked by the County Health Department, may, within thirty (30) days from the date of such denial or revocation appeal, in writing, to the Board of Supervisors of the County of Lake. The Board of Supervisors shall affirm or overrule the denial or revocation and shall make such orders as may be necessary to protect and preserve the public health.

(Ord. No. 483, § 6, 1966)

of Lake County, State of California, without a current, valid operating permit shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars or by imprisonment in the County Jail not exceeding six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. No. 483, § 5, 1966)

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