§ 3-064. Group home, or rooming or boarding house.

(a)

Occupancy limitations. No basement, attic, or accessory building shall be used for rooming house, boarding house or group home purposes. No registration required by this section shall be issued to any person proposing to use a basement, attic, or accessory building or any part thereof as habitable rooms for rooming house purposes.

(b)

Bedroom requirements and limitations. No room in any rooming house, boarding house, or group home shall be occupied as a sleeping room by any person unless there are at least 120 square feet of bedroom space, exclusive of wardrobe and closet space, for each and every person occupying any such room. All sleeping quarters shall be served by working heating and cooling facilities and a bed with a mattress for each registered occupant. Bedrooms shall not contain cooking facilities, and no food preparation or cooking for guests shall be conducted within any bedrooms.

(c)

Minimum basic facilities. At least one flush water closet, lavatory basin, and bathtub or shower, connected to a water and sewerage system and in good working condition, shall be supplied for each eight persons or fraction thereof residing within a rooming house, boarding house, or group home. All such facilities shall be located within the dwelling so as to be accessible from a common hall or passageway to all persons sharing such facilities. Every lavatory basin and bathtub or shower shall be supplied with hot and cold water at all times.

(d)

Food preparation and meals. Any rooming house, boarding house, or group home where food is served shall comply with all requirements of the Jackson County Environmental Health Department.

(Ord. No. 17-003 , § 1, 10-2-2017)