As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Finance Director” means the Finance Director for the City of Ashtabula, Ohio.
(b) “Hotel” means every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for a consideration to transient guests, whether in one or several structures.
(c) “Operator” means the person who is the proprietor of the hotel, motel or bed and breakfast, whether in the capacity of owner, lessee, licensee, mortgagee in possession, or any other capacity.
(d) “Rent” means the consideration received for occupancy valued in money, whether received in money or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits and property or services of any kind or nature, and also any amount for which the occupant is liable for the occupancy without any deduction.
(e) “Transient guests” means a person(s) occupying a room or rooms for sleeping accommodations for less than thirty consecutive days.
(Ord. 2017-18. Passed 3-20-17.)