(A) Exceptions. No tax shall be imposed on rent for lodging paid by any officer or employee of a foreign government who is exempt by reason of express provisions of federal law or international treaty.
(B) Exemptions. An exemption shall be granted to any person as to whom or whose occupancy it is beyond the power of the city to tax. No exemption shall be granted, except upon a claim therefor made at the time the rent is collected, and this claim shall be made in writing and under penalty of perjury on forms provided by the city. All these claims shall be forwarded to the city when the returns and collections are submitted as required by this chapter.
(2004 Code, § 116.16) (Ord. 801, passed 2-22-1989)