Each operator shall collect the tax imposed by this chapter to the same extent, and at the same time, as the rent is collected from every hotel user. The amount of tax shall be separately stated from the amount of the rent charged and each hotel user shall receive a receipt for payment from the operator. No operator of a hotel shall advertise or state in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, that the tax, or any part thereof, will be assumed or absorbed by the operator, or that it will not be added to the rent, or that, if added, any part will be refunded, except in the manner provided in this chapter.
(Prior Code, § 3.32.040) (Ord. 641, passed - -1995; Am. Ord. 669, passed - -1997)