§ 13. Suspension of permits of rooming houses.

13.01. 

The enforcement officer is hereby authorized to enter, inspect, examine and survey all rooming houses between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Whenever upon inspection of any rooming house, the enforcement officer finds that conditions or practices exist which are in violation of any provisions of this ordinance [code], or of any applicable rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, the enforcement officer shall give a written warning to the operator of such rooming house that, unless such conditions are corrected within a period of time to be specified by the enforcement officer, the operator's permit will be suspended. Such period of time shall be of a reasonable length. At the end of said period of time the enforcement officer shall reinspect such rooming house, under the conditions of his first entry and inspection as set forth in the subsection above. If the enforcement officer determines that such conditions have not been corrected, he shall issue an order suspending the operator's permit.

13.02. 

Any person whose permit to operate a rooming house has been suspended by order of the enforcement officer shall be granted a hearing on the suspension order by the housing code board of appeals in the manner prescribed by section 12 on hearings. If no such petition for a hearing is received by the housing code board of appeals within ten (10) days following the day on which a permit was suspended, said permit shall be deemed revoked. At any time within said ten (10) days following the suspension order, however, the rooming house operator may upon request be granted a reinspection by the enforcement officer for the purpose of demonstrating that said rooming house has been put in compliance with this ordinance [code] and with all regulations pursuant thereto. Where such compliance is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the enforcement officer the suspension of the rooming house operator's permit shall be terminated.