Within thirty days after commencing business, each operator furnishing lodging to a transient guest shall register the hotel or motel with the Tax Commissioner and obtain a transient occupancy registration certificate, to be posted at all times in a conspicuous place on the premises. Such certificate shall, among other things, state the following:
(a) The name of the operator;
(b) The address of the hotel or motel;
(c) The date on which the certificate was issued; and
(d) The words: "This Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the Hotel-Motel Tax Ordinance by registering with the Tax Commissioner of the City of Defiance, Ohio, for the purpose of collecting from transient guests the Hotel-Motel Tax and remitting said tax to the Tax Commissioner of the City of Defiance, Ohio. This certificate does not constitute a permit or license."
(Ord. 4570. Passed 9-17-85.)