For the purpose of this article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CITY MANAGER. The City Manager of Guthrie.
DIRECTOR. The director of finance of the city.
HOTEL. Any building or buildings, structures, trailer, or other facility in which the public may, for consideration, obtain sleeping accommodations in which one or more rooms are used for the accommodation of guests whether such rooms are in one or several structures. The term shall include hotels, apartment hotels, motels, tourist homes, houses or courts, lodging houses, inns, rooming houses, trailer houses, trailer motels, apartments and sleeping rooms and all other facilities where rooms or sleeping accommodations or space are furnished for a consideration. The term shall not include hospitals, sanitariums, nursing homes, or other educational or charitable institutions.
OCCUPANCY. The use or possession, or the right to the use or possession of, any room or rooms in a hotel, or the right to use or possession of the furnishings or to the services and accommodations accompanying the use and possession of the room or rooms.
OCCUPANT. A person, who, for a consideration, uses, possesses or has the right to the use or possession of any room or rooms in a hotel under any lease, concession, permit right of access, license to use or other agreement.
OPERATOR. Any person or entity, operating or managing a hotel in this city, including, but not limited to, the owner, proprietor, lessee, sublessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee, or any other person otherwise operating such hotel.
RENT. 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, and also any amount for which credit is allowed by the operator to the occupant, without any deduction therefrom whatsoever.
RETURN. Any return filed or required to be filed as herein provided.
ROOM. Any room or rooms of any kind in any part or portion of the hotel which is available or let out for use or possession for any purpose other than a place of assembly. As used herein, “place of assembly” means a room or space which is capable of being occupied by 75 or more persons and which is used for educational, recreational or amusement purposes and shall include dance halls; cabarets; night clubs; restaurants; any room or space for public or private banquets, feasts, socials; card parties or weddings; lodge and meeting halls or rooms; skating rinks; gymnasiums; swimming pools; billiards; bowling and table tennis rooms; halls or rooms used for public or private catering purposes; funeral parlors; markets; recreational rooms; concert halls; broadcasting studios; and all other places of similar type of occupancy.
TAX. The tax levied pursuant to this article.
(Ord. 3034, passed 6-16-98; Am. Ord. 3366, passed 1-18-22)