Sec.19-13-B29. Motels and overnight cabins

(a) Registration. The management of a motel or any area where overnight cabins are rented for living purposes shall register in writing, with the local director of health of the town, city or borough in which such motel or area is located, a description of the motel or area with its location, and such registration shall be made annually in January or in advance of the opening of the motel or overnight cabin area for use.

(b) Water supply. A water supply of sanitary quality shall be provided in ample quantity to meet all requirements of the maximum number of persons using such a tract at any time. Wherever water is obtained from other than an approved public water supply, it shall be of safe, sanitary quality approved by the state department of health.

(c) Plumbing. The plumbing facilities within each motel or cabin shall conform with the requirements of section 19-13-B45.

(d) Drinking facilities. Multi-use drinking cups or glasses furnished by management shall be thoroughly cleaned and effectively subjected to an approved bactericidal process after each change of occupancy and single service containers shall be protected against contamination by sanitary covering or storage before use.

(e) Emergency sanitary facilities. Sewage disposal facilities for each motel or cabin or group of cabins shall be approved by the local director of health. They shall be laid out on the basis of nonresidential buildings as set forth in sections 19-13-B20h (b) and 19-13-B20l (b), or, if such facilities include complete sanitary facilities for residential use such as cooking and washing, the size and design of such facilities shall be on the basis of number of bedrooms for residential buildings as set forth in sections 19-13-B20a to 19-13-B20r, inclusive. In no case shall septic tanks be installed with a liquid capacity of less than one thousand gallons. The methods of sewage or refuse disposal utilized in connection with a motel or an overnight cabin area, shall be such as to create no nuisance. Where public sewers exist, connection shall be made to such sewers in lieu of private sewage disposal facilities.

(f) Washing and toilet facilities. Adequate washing and toilet facilities shall be provided. If individual washing and toilet facilities are not provided in each rental unit, central facilities shall include separate toilets for men and women with at least one toilet seat for each fifteen men or fraction thereof, and at least one toilet seat for each fifteen women or fraction thereof, and at least one wash basin for each twenty men or fraction thereof, and at least one wash basin for each twenty women or fraction thereof. Wash basin and water shall be readily accessible to toilet rooms. Soap and individual towels shall be provided.

(g) Public swimming pools and public swimming areas. Public swimming pools and public swimming areas, if provided, shall comply with the provisions of sections 19-13-B33b and 19a-36-B61 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(h) General sanitation requirements. Buildings shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary condition. When the state department of health or the local director of health so directs, a certificate of approval shall be obtained from the local or state fire marshal. All hot water and space heaters shall be properly located and vented.

(i) Responsibility of management. The management of every motel or area for overnight cabins shall assume responsibility for maintaining in good repair all water and sanitary facilities.

(Effective April 11, 1973; Amended March 17, 2014)