(A) Within three days after the effective date of this subchapter, or within 30 days after commencing business, whichever is late, each operator furnishing lodging to a transient guest shall register his or her hotel or motel with the Tax Administrator and obtain from him or her a transient occupancy registration certificate to be at all times posted in a conspicuous place on the premises.
(B) Said certificate shall, among other things, state the following:
(1) The name of the operator;
(2) The address of the hotel or motel;
(3) The date on which the certificate was issued; and
(4) “This transient occupancy registration certificate signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the hotel-motel tax subchapter by registering with the Tax Administrator of the Village of Bluffton, Ohio, for the purpose of collecting from transient guests the hotel-motel tax and remitting said tax to the Tax Administrator of the Village of Bluffton, Ohio. This certificate does not constitute a permit or license.”
(Ord. 3-98, passed 4-13-1998)