For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
HOTEL. A place, inn, roominghouse, lodginghouse, or other public house or place which provides lodging for hire, with or without board, for the transient accommodation of the public, but shall not include hospitals or private residences or private boarding or roominghouses occupied by families where boarders or roomers are kept under a private arrangement or contract and are not understood to be catering to the general public for patronage.
(Prior Code, § 119.01)