For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. Efforts which seek to improve the financial well-being and quality of life for a community by creating or retaining jobs and supporting or growing incomes and the tax base.
HOTEL. A commercial establishment offering lodging to persons for consideration in which six or more rooms are used for the accommodations of such guests, whether such rooms are in one or several structures, and which is located within the town limits of the town.
(2) The term shall not include nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living centers, single- family dwellings, duplexes, apartment complexes or establishments which primarily provide extended-stay rooms for rent.
OCCUPANCY. The act, or the right to the act, of using a room, or the furnishings within the room, for a fixed period of time.
OPERATOR. Any person or entity which manages or directs control of a hotel within the town limits of the town.
RENT. The money or consideration paid by an occupant to the hotel in exchange for occupancy.
ROOM. A physical unit of a hotel which is available for the occupancy of a person for lodging purposes.
TAX. The contribution imposed by the town for the rent of a hotel room.
TOURISM. The business of providing information, accommodations, transportation or other services to tourists.
(Prior Code, § 7-701) (Ord. 2020-05, passed 8-13-2020)