• Mandatory weekly re-check-in.

• Occupants can’t remain in the same room more than four weeks or stay in the hotel longer than 60 days within six months.

• All rooms must be thoroughly cleaned by hotel staff at least once a week.

Ward 2 Councilman Robert Aubuchon said the change in hotel ownership was an opportunity to stabilize the property and ensure it’s not a permanent residence for people. “This is a way for the new owners to know this is what is expected of you,” he said. “Things work out smoother that way.”

He added that the hotel “needs to do a deep clean and get back to normal.”

Ketan Patel, one of the owners, said he’d like customers to be able to stay at least 90 days “so they get comfortable.”

But rules are rules.

“If the city is forcing us, we are going to enforce it,” he said.

With the Tuesday deadline looming, residents must come up with a plan soon.

One man who has lived there a year said he had a place to go.