For the purposes of this chapter, words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Hotel" means every establishment including Bed and Breakfast and Short-Term Rentals as defined Section 1133.01, kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered to guests, in which one or more rooms are used for the accommodations of such guests, whether such room or rooms are in one of several structures.
(b) "Transient guests" means persons occupying a room or rooms for sleeping accommodations fur less than thirty consecutive days;
(c) “Person" includes individuals, estates, receivers, assignees, trustees in bankruptcy, firms, partnerships associations, joint stock companies, joint ventures, clubs, societies, corporations, the State and its political subdivisions and combinations of individuals of any form.
(d) "Transaction'' means any agreements or lease written or oral which establishes the terms, rent rules, regulations or any other provisions concerning the use and occupancy of a "hotel" by transient guests as they are defined in this chapter.
(e) "Rent" means any amount of money or consideration paid or to be paid by a person for lodging, furnished or to be furnished, by a “hotel" to transient guests.
(f) “City" means the City of Conneaut, Ohio.
(g) "Bed and Breakfast" means a single-family dwelling which is a residence occupied by the owner or designated employee that offers sleeping accommodations in four or fewer rooms as transient lodging and one meal is provided for compensation.
(h) "Short-Term Rental" means the rental of a single-family or two-familv dwelling or portion thereof used for the purpose of providing lodging of four (4) or fewer rooms for periods of less than 30 days with or without being occupied concurrently by the owner/operator. A short-term rental shall not include a house-swap or home-exchange arrangement.
(Ord. 118-21. Passed 12-20-21.)