(a) The CVB director shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectively collect the tax levied herein, and shall, upon reasonable notice, have access to books and records necessary to enable him/her to determine the correctness of any report filed as required by this article and the amount of taxes due under the provisions of this article.
(b) Registration required. An owner is required to register the hotel with the CVB director, or the CVB director's designee.
(1) Owners must individually register each individual property, even if the tax payments are made under one taxpayer identification number.
(2) A registration is valid from the date the completed registration is filed with the city unless 75 percent or more of the share of ownership of the hotel changes.
(3) The owner must submit the following information:
a. The name, address, email, and telephone number of the owners of the hotel;
b. The name, address, email, and 24 hour telephone number of the local contact person;
c. The local contact person is the person or persons designated by the owner who shall be available 24 hours per day, seven days per week for the purpose of responding within one hour to complaints regarding the condition, operation, or conduct of occupants of the hotel;
d. The name and address of the hotel;
e. The number of bedrooms for rent and the applicable overnight and daytime occupancy limit of the hotel;
f. Whether every owner of the hotel or short-term rental occupies the facility as the proprietor's permanent residence, and if so, their names;
g. A copy of a valid specific use permit, if required under the City of Big Spring Zoning Ordinance;
(4) Each owner shall update the CVB director with any changes to this information within 30 days of pertinent changes.
(c) The CVB director shall record any complaint filed against a hotel, bed and breakfast, or short-term rental and provide to the planning and zoning committee such complaints and associated records during a renewal process for a special use permit for such hotel, bed and breakfast, or short-term rental.
(Prior Code, § 7-11; Ord. of 7-10-1973; Ord. No. 010-2021, § 3, 3-9-2021)