(A) Within 30 days after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, or within 30 days after commencing business, whichever is later, the operator of any hotel renting occupancy to hotel users shall register the hotel with the town and obtain from the town a hotel users registration certificate to be at all times posted in a conspicuous place on the premises.
(B) The certificate shall, among other things, contain the following:
(1) The name of the operator;
(2) The address of the hotel;
(3) The date upon which the certificate was issued; and
(4) The following statement: “This Hotel User’s Registration Certificate signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of Chapter 3.32 of the Fairfax Town Code by registering with the Town Manager for the purpose of collecting from hotel users the hotel users tax and remitting that tax to the Town Manager. This Certificate does not authorize any person to conduct any unlawful business or to conduct any lawful business in an unlawful manner, nor to operate a hotel without strictly complying with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to those requiring a permit from any board, commission, department or office of the Town of Fairfax.”
(Prior Code, § 3.32.050) (Ord. 641, passed - -1995; Am. Ord. 669, passed - -1997)