§ 3.16.010. Definitions

Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this section govern the construction of this chapter:

A.

Person means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

B.

Hotel means any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, bed and breakfast inn, tourist home or house, motel, boatel, marina, studio, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home, house trailer, or recreation vehicle at a fixed location, or other similar structure or portion thereof.

C.

Occupancy means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession of any room or rooms or portion thereof, in any hotel for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes.

D.

Transient means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license or other agreement for a period of less than seven consecutive calendar days counting portions of calendar days as full days. Any such person so occupying space in a hotel shall be deemed to be a transient until the period of seven days has expired unless there is an agreement in writing between the operator and the occupant providing for a longer period of occupancy. In determining whether a person is a transient, uninterrupted periods of time extending both prior and subsequent to the effective date of this Code may be considered.

E.

Rent means the consideration charged, whether or not received, for the occupancy of space in a hotel valued in money, whether to be received in money, goods, labor or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits and property and services of any kind of nature, without any deduction therefrom whatsoever.

F.

Operator means the person who is a proprietor of the hotel, whether in the capacity of owner, lessee, sublessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee or any other capacity. Where the operator performs his functions through a managing agent of any type or character other than an employee, the managing agent shall also be deemed an operator for the purpose of this Code and shall have the same duties and liabilities as his principal. Compliance with the provisions of this Code by either the principal or the managing agent shall, however, be considered to be compliance by both.

(Ord. No. 270)