187.01 DEFINITIONS.
   (a)   “Hotel” means every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered to guest(s), in which five or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, whether such rooms are in one or several structures. The term "Hotel" shall include "Motel".
   (b)   “Transient Accommodations” means every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered to guests in which four or less rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, whether such rooms are in one or several structures.
   (c)   “Transient Guests” means person(s) occupying a room or rooms for sleeping accommodations for less than thirty consecutive days.
   (d)   “Vendor” means the person who is the owner or operator of the hotel or transient accommodation and who furnishes the lodging.
   (e)   “Director of Finance” means the Director of Finance of the City of Fairfield, Ohio or his/her designee.
   (f)   “Person” means every natural person, firm, partnership, association, corporation or limited liability company.
(Ord. 49-07. Passed 4-9-07.)