(A) Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated two or more times in a period of time that is less than ten hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in this chapter.
(B) A person commits an offense if, as the person in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment that does not have a sexually oriented business license, he or she rents or subrents a sleeping room to a person and, within ten hours from the time the room is rented, he or she rents or subrents the same sleeping room again.
(C) For purposes of division (B) above, the terms RENT or SUBRENT mean the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
(D) Every act or omission by an employee constituting a violation of the provision of this subchapter shall be deemed that act or omission of the operator if the act or omission occurs either with the authorization, knowledge or approval of the operator, or as a result of the operator’s negligent failure to supervise the employee’s conduct, and the operator shall be punishable for the act or omission in the same manner as if the operator committed the act or caused the omission.
(E) An operator shall be responsible for the conduct of all employees while on the licensed premises, and any act or omission of any employee constituting a violation of the provisions of this subchapter shall be deemed the act or omission of the operator for purposes of determining whether the operator shall be subject to the penalties imposed by this subchapter.
(Ord. 12-3-98, passed 12-3-1998)