In this article:
(1) CONSIDERATION means the cost of a room in a hotel, and does not include:
(A) the cost of any food served or personal services rendered to the occupant not related to cleaning and readying the room or space for occupancy; or
(B) any tax assessed by any other governmental agency for occupancy of the room.
(2) CONVENTION CENTER COMPLEX means civic centers, civic center buildings, auditoriums, exhibition halls, and coliseums that are owned by the city or other governmental entity or that are managed in whole or part by the city. The term includes parking areas or facilities that are for the parking or storage of conveyances and that are located at or in the vicinity of other convention center facilities.
(3) DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article, or the director’s designated representative.
(4) HOTEL means any building in which members of the public obtain sleeping accommodations for consideration. The term includes a hotel, motel, tourist home, tourist house, tourist court, lodging house, inn, rooming house, or bed and breakfast. The term does not include:
(A) a hospital, sanitarium, or nursing home; or
(B) a dormitory or other housing facility owned or leased and operated by an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003 of the Texas Education Code, as amended, that is used by the institution for the purpose of providing sleeping accommodations for persons engaged in an educational program or activity at the institution.
(5) OCCUPANCY means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room in a hotel.
(6) OCCUPANT means any person who, for a consideration, uses, possesses, or has a right to use or possess any room in a hotel under any lease, concession, permit, right of access, license, contract, or agreement.
(7) TAX means the hotel occupancy tax levied in this article pursuant to Chapter 351 of the Texas Tax Code , as amended.
(8) TOURIST means an individual who travels from the individual’s residence to a different municipality, county, state, or country for pleasure, recreation, education, or culture.
(9) VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER means a building or a portion of a building used to distribute or disseminate information to tourists. (Ord. Nos. 12470; 17955; 20073; 22026; 23555)