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A • 3031 . A'; C JJl DANCE relating to the licensing and supervision of "Places of Refuge"; defining terms; describing the duties of officers '_n connection therewith; fixing fees, providing for appeal from certain decisions ; defining offenses and providing penalties; repealing Ordinance No. 2974 of the Oity of Everett, and declaring an emergency. THE GUY er EVEi EL'T FOES ORDAIN: Section 1: The term "Place of Refuge" when used in this Ordinance shall mean any hospital, asyluq, alms house, building or dwelling for housing the aged, inf irm, imbecile s, children or delinquents, wherein three or more persons, not related by blood or marriage to the householder, owner, operator or :manager thereof, are lodged or boarded more than Fifteen (15) days in any calendar month; PAOVIDED, that rile term shall not include any hospital approved by the American College of Sur:`eons or the Ameri- can College of Physicians, or any State Institution. Section 2: No pers, n, firm or corporation shall main- tain or advertise the maintenance of an; Place of Refuge without applying for, and receiving from the City Council of the City of Everett a license for the operation of such Place of Refuge. Such license shall be issued annually on or before July 1st of each calendar year, and shall expire on June 30th of each year; the f'ee for such license shall be Two iJolIars ( 2. 00) per year. Section 3: The City Council of the City of Everett shall have authority to grant any license to an Place of Refuge, but said license shall be issued only after proper inspection and a written report by the city lealth officer and Fire Chief of the City of Everett of the premiseswhere said Place of Refuge is to be operated. Section 4: The City Council shall have the right to deny or revoke a license to any Place of Refuge if upon inspection thereof, it is found that the Place of Refuge is unsanitary or in an unsafe condition as relates to health or fire hazards; PROVIDE , that the City Council shall promptly notify the owner, operator, or manager of such Place of Refuge as to the manner in which the premises may qualify for a license and set forth the c nditions to be remedied previous to such licensin , reneNal or revocation. Section 5: The said Places of Refuge shall comply with Chapter 13 requirements for Grown la ,uildings of the Building Code of the City of Everett. Section 6: Every Place of Refine shall comply with the following minimum requirements : All steps shall have a firm guard rail, and all walks shall be in good coneiti: n. The interior of the house shall be kept clean and sani- tary at all times. Rodents and insect nuisances must be eliminated when fount. 'looms shall be homelike and attractive. Floors and ceilings of all rooms and wards shall oe of such type or material as to lend itself well to thorough and -3.-