Definitions of Terms.
SEC. 63. Definitions of Terms.—As used in this
Chapter, the following terms shall mean.
Hotel—A building where transient guests are received and are
supplied with and charged for meals, lodging and other services.
Motel—A roadside hotel for motorists, usually consisting of
private cabins.
Boarding House—A building where selected persons for fixed
periods of time are supplied with, and charged for sleeping
accommodations and meals.
Lodging House—A building where persons are supplied with and
charged for sleeping accommodations only.
Tenement House—A building or portion thereof which is leased or
sold to an occupied as residence by four or more families doing their
cooking with in the premises but living independently of one another
although having a common right in the use of halls, stairways, terraces,
verandas, toilets, and baths.
Apartment House—A building containing a number of separate
residential suites.
Condominium—A building with one or more storeys composed of
multi-unit residential suites under joint ownership of occupants, each
unit provided with complete sanitary facilities, utilities and other
amenities.
Establishments—A collective term construed to include items (a)
to (g)
General Provisions.
SEC. 64. General Provisions.—The following are
required for the establishments defined in the preceding Section:
No establishment shall be operated and opened for public
patronage without a sanitary permit issued by the Secretary or his duly
authorized representative.
Any extension or additional construction in an establishment
shall require a sanitary permit before it could be operated.
All establishments shall provide their patrons with adequate
water supply, toilet and bath facilities in accordance with standards
prescribed in this Code.
Establishments and their premises shall be kept clean and
sanitary at all times.
Periodic insect and vermin control measures shall be undertaken
to eradicate vectors of diseases.
Animals, fowls and pets shall be housed in appropriate kennels or
cages separate from living quarters.
No person shall be employed in establishments with out first
procuring a health certificate from the local health authority.
Special Provisions.
SEC. 65. Special Provisions.—The following provisions
are applicable.
Hotels and Motels—
The storage, preparation and serving of food to customers
shall be in accordance with the standards prescribed in Chapter III of
this Code.
Customers shall be provided with clean linen such as
bedsheets, pillow cases, towels and napkins.
When rooms or cabins are vacated, their toilets or baths
shall be sanitized and clean and fresh linen shall be provided before
the room or cabin is rented for occupancy.
Condominium—The following conditions are applicable:
The choice for sites should consider availability of bus
and taxi transportation services.
Nearness to place of work, schools, police stations and
clinics.
Availability of low-cost goods.
Parking facilities and playgrounds for children.
Facilities for refuse disposal and cleanliness of buildings,
and
Efficiency of lifts.
