For the purpose of this chapter the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively.
(A)
DWELLING. A building occupied as a place of abode by one or more persons.
(B)
HOTEL. Any dwelling, licensed as such by the state fire marshal and kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where food is served and sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transient guests, in which 6 or more rooms are used for the accommodations of such guests, and having one or more dining rooms directly accessible from within the dwelling.
(C)
ROOMER. Any person, who is not a member of the family of, nor related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption to the operator of a rooming house, to whom space is provided for sleeping or boarding purposes for pay.
(D)
ROOMING HOUSE. A dwelling occupied by 3 or more roomers or in which 3 or more rooms are kept, used, maintained, advertised, or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for pay; provided that HOTELS as herein defined, and any dwelling in which 1 or 2 rooms within individual dwelling units are let out by the occupants of the units, shall not be construed to be rooming houses for purposes of this chapter.
('73 Code, § 111.01)