For purposes of this section 3-4-8, the following definitions shall apply:
HOTEL/MOTEL: Any building or buildings in which the public may, for a consideration, obtain living quarters, sleeping or housekeeping accommodations. The term includes inns, motels, tourist homes or courts, lodging houses, rooming houses and apartment houses.
OCCUPANCY: The use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room or rooms in a hotel for any purpose, or the right to the use or possession of the furnishings or to the services and accommodations accompanying the use and possession of the room or rooms.
OPERATOR: Any person operating a hotel/motel.
PERMANENT RESIDENT: Any person who occupies or has the right to occupy any room or rooms, regardless of whether or not it is the same room or rooms, in a hotel for at least thirty (30) consecutive days.
PERSON: Any natural individual, firm, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed by order of any court.
RENT/RENTAL: The consideration received for occupancy, valued in money, whether received in money or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits and property or services of any kind or nature.
ROOM/ROOMS: Any living quarters, sleeping or housekeeping accommodations. (Ord. 0-44-97, 12-1-1997)