For the purposes of and as used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
CITY. The City of Fulton.
CITY CLERK. The City Clerk of the city.
DEPARTMENT. The Illinois Department of Revenue.
HOTEL. Any building or buildings in which the public may, for a consideration, obtain living quarters, sleeping or housekeeping accommodations. The term includes inns, motels, tourist homes or courts, lodging houses, rooming houses, apartment houses and bed-and-breakfast houses.
OCCUPANCY. The use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room or rooms in a hotel for any purpose, or the right to the use or possession of the furnishings or to the services and accommodations accompanying the use and possession of the room or rooms.
PERMANENT RESIDENT. Any man or woman who occupies or has the right to occupy any room or rooms in a hotel for at least 30 consecutive days for his or her own personal use unrelated to the conducting of any business or occupation.
PERSON. Any natural individual, firm, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint venture, public or private corporation, or a receiver, executor, trustee, conservator or other representative appointed by order of any court.
RENT or RENTAL. The consideration received for occupancy, valued in money, whether received in money or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits and property or services of any kind or nature.
RENTER. Any person who pays for the privilege of using or occupying a hotel room for the period for which payment is made.
ROOM or ROOMS. Any living quarters, sleeping or housekeeping accommodations.
TREASURER. The City Treasurer of the city.
(Ord. 1257, passed 9-20-04)