(a) The Chief of Police or his designee may require that the manager or person in charge of any motel or hotel shall furnish a list of the persons who have registered at such motel or hotel. The time of arrival of an occupant of each unit shall be noted upon the record to be kept pursuant hereto. In no event shall there be a letting to, or occupancy by, any other person of any such unit within the twenty-four hour period next following the time so noted. No person residing within the Municipality for a period of thirty days, or over, is to be deemed a transient guest under the provisions of this chapter and Chapter 1351 of the Codified Ordinances, nor shall the owner, operator or person in control of any motel or hotel permit any person(s) to occupy any unit therein for a period in excess of thirty days unless such motel or hotel is so licensed by the State of Ohio pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3731 or any other licensing agency; and is constructed as to be in full compliance with the City, or any other applicable Building Code, as such Code(s) apply to motel or hotel units.
(Ord. 04-19. Passed 4-19-04.)
(Ord. 04-19. Passed 4-19-04.)
(b) No person shall register for accommodations at any hotel or motel under a false, fictitious, or assumed name, without first making his or her true name known to the person in charge thereof. (Ord. 97-2. Passed 4-21-97.)
(c) Any owner, operator or person in control of any motel or hotel who allows a violation of or fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree and shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both, for each such offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or non-compliance occurs or continues. (Ord. 04-19. Passed 4-19-04.)