In this article:
(1) ACT means Chapter 334, Local Government Code, as amended.
(2) APPROVED VENUE PROJECTS means the Convention Center Expansion Venue Project and Fair Park Facilities Venue Project that were approved
by a majority of the voters voting at the election held in the city on November 8. 2022, in accordance with the Act.
(3) CITY means the city of Dallas, Texas.
(4) 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.
(5) DIRECTOR means the director of the department designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article, or the director's designated representative.
(6) 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. For the purposes of the imposition of the tax under this chapter, "hotel" includes a "short term rental." 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.
(7) OCCUPANCY means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room in a hotel.
(8) 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.
(9) SHORT TERM RENTAL means the rental of all or part of a residential property to a person who is not a permanent resident under Texas Tax Code Section 156.101.
(10) TAX means the hotel occupancy tax levied in this article pursuant to Chapter 334 of the Texas Local Government Code, as amended.
(11) VENUE PROJECTS FUND means the fund entitled the "Venue Projects Fund," created in Resolution No. 22-1817, adopted by the city council on December 14, 2022, as it may be amended. (Ord. Nos. 23555; 32363)