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adjacent public rooms, but such lighting need not be of such intensity as to prevent the viewing of the motion pictures or other offered entertainm~nt. Sec. 15-423. Exceptions. The regulations set forth in this section do not apply to premises, buildings, or structures that are lawfully operating and licensed as hotels, motels, apartment complexes, condominiums, townhomes, or boarding houses which are subject to other general health and sanitation requirements under state and local law. Sec. 15-424. Health Enforcement Powers. (a) In exercising powers conferred by this or any other section of this code relating to communicable diseases, the Public Health Official is to be guided by the most recent instructions, opinions and guidelines of the Center for Disease Control of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that relate to the spread of infectious diseases. (b) In order to ascertain the source of infection and reduce its spread, the Public Health Official, and persons under the Public Health Official's direction and control, may inspect or cause to be inspected, and to issue orders regarding any commercial building, structure or premises, or any part thereof, that may be a site of high-risk sexual conduct. If the Public Health Official determines that a hazardous site as defined herein exists, the Public Health Official will declare it to be a public health hazard and public health nuisance and will: (1) Notify the manager, owner, or tenant of the hazardous site that the Public Health Official has reasonable belief that the premises, building or structure is a hazardous site as defined herein, (2) Issue two written warnings at least ten days apart to the manager, owner, or tenant of the premises stating the specific reasons for the Public Health Official's opinion that the premises, building, or structure is a hazardous site as defined herein, (3) Once such notices and warnings have been issued, the Public Health Official must proceed as follows: (i) After the manager, owner or tenant of the premises has been notified in writing as to the basis of the Public Health Official's determination, the manager, owner or tenant will have ten days from the date of the last warning to request a hearing before the Public Health Official or the Public Health Official's appointee for the determination as to the existence of such hazardous site. If the manager, owner or tenant of the premises does not request a hearing within ten days of the date of the last warning notice, the Public Health Official will then cause the premises to be posted DJG98265 NR136-127 13