As used in this chapter:
(a) "Hotel" has the same meaning as that stated in Section 5739.01(M) of the Ohio Revised Code and Zoning Code of the City of Berea, except a "hotel" includes establishments in which fewer than five (5) rooms are used for the accommodation of transient guests. The term "hotel" also includes a "bed and breakfast" and "boarding house" as defined in the Zoning Code of the City of Berea.
(b) "Motel" is included within the meaning of "hotel" as set forth in (a) above.
(c) "Transient guest" means a person occupying a room or rooms for sleeping accommodations for less than sixty consecutive days.
(d) "Person" includes individuals, receivers, assignees, trustees in bankruptcy, estates, firms, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, joint ventures, clubs, societies, corporations, the State and its political subdivisions, and combinations of individuals of any form.
(e) "Director of Finance" or "Finance Director" means the individual holding the office of Finance Director of the City of Berea or her designee.
(f) "Operator" means the person who is the proprietor of a hotel, bed and breakfast or boarding house, whether in the capacity of owner, lessee, licensee, mortgagee in possession, or any other capacity. Where the operator performs its 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 purposes of this Chapter and shall have the same duties and liabilities as the principal. Compliance with the provisions of this Chapter by either the principal or the managing agent shall, however, be considered compliance by both.
(Ord. 2019-28. Passed 4-1-19.)