For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
HOTEL and MOTEL. Every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered to guests, in which five or more rooms are used for the accommodations of such guests, whether such rooms are in one or several structures.
OPERATOR. The person who is the owner or operator of the hotel or motel and who furnished the lodging.
TAX ADMINISTRATOR. The Tax Administrator or the person designated and appointed by the Mayor to execute the duties of the Administrator and shall be the same person as designated Tax Administrator.
TRANSIENT GUEST. A person or persons occupying a room or rooms for sleeping accommodations for less than 30 consecutive days.
(Ord. 3-98, passed 4-13-1998)