ARTICLE XIV. - ROOMINGHOUSES, BOARDINGHOUSES AND BED AND BREAKFASTS
Part of the Code of Ordinances of Narragansett, RI.
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Footnotes:
--- (18) --- Editor's note— Ch. 1132, § 1, adopted October 7, 2024, amended the title of Article XIV to read as herein set out. The former Article XIV title pertained to Roominghouses or Boardinghouses.
State Law reference— Boarding homes, state licenses required, G.L. 1956, § 23-28.13-26.1; boarding homes, regulations, G.L. 1956, § 23-28.13-1 et seq.; rooming homes, G.L. 1956, § 23-28.14-1 et seq.
Sec. 14-461. - Definitions.#
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Boarding home means a building used, in whole or in part, as a place for the boarding and care of five or more persons, excluding the following: a family group of a dwelling or home, family day care homes, licensed boarding homes for children, hospitals, intermediate care facilities and skilled nursing homes.
Roominghouses means any building which is used, in whole or in part, as a place where sleeping accommodations are furnished for hire or other consideration, with or without board, for not more than 20 guests or employees of the management, or only ten or less sleeping rooms are maintained for such guests or employees. The term shall include all tourist homes, lodging homes, convents, monasteries and other nonprofit or charitable institutions which have accommodations, but shall not include private dwellings which accommodate not more than four habitational guests or employees, or apartment houses, hotels or convalescent homes, nursing home, home for the aged or boarding home.
(Code 1986, § 12-301)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.
State Law reference— Similar provisions, G.L. 1956, §§ 23-28.1-5(90), 23-28.13-1.
Sec. 14-462. - License.#
(a)
Required. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep or allow to be kept or operated or allow to be operated or used or occupied any building, house or other structure as a boardinghouse, roominghouse or bed and breakfast (as defined in Appendix A, Section 2.2) anywhere in the town without first obtaining a license for such purpose from the town council.
(b)
Application.
(1)
Before any roominghouse, boardinghouse or bed and breakfast license shall be granted, application therefor shall be made in writing and filed with the town clerk. The application shall set forth with definiteness a description of the premises intended to be used as such boardinghouse, roominghouse or bed and breakfast.
(2)
Upon the filing of the application, the town clerk shall notify the chief of police and the building inspector of the filing of the application and the chief of police, and the building inspector shall each make an independent investigation concerning every applicant and the premises described in every application and report thereon to the town council at the next meeting of the town council held after the filing of the application.
(c)
Fee. The fee for the granting of every roominghouse, boardinghouse or bed and breakfast license shall be $120.00, payable to the town clerk upon the issuance of the license.
(d)
Expiration. Every roominghouse, boardinghouse or bed and breakfast license granted by the town council shall expire on April 30 of each year. It shall not be renewed or renewable until a new application is made, investigated and granted under the provisions of this article.
(Code 1986, §§ 12-302—12-305; Ch. 1132, § 1, 10-7-2024)
Sec. 14-463. - Register of boarders and roomers.#
Every operator or keeper of a boardinghouse, roominghouse or bed and breakfast, upon being licensed under the provisions of this article, shall keep a true and accurate register of all boarders or roomers, or boarders and roomers using or occupying his licensed premises. The register shall show the name of each guest, and the date of arrival and departure of each guest, and the register shall at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of any police officer in the town.
(Code 1986, § 12-306; Ch. 1132, § 1, 10-7-2024)
Sec. 14-464. - Penalty for violation of article.#
Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall be fined not exceeding $20.00 for every violation of this article and not exceeding $20.00 for each day's continuance of any violation. Each day such violation shall be permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense.
(Code 1986, § 12-307)