CHAPTER 6
GUEST ACCOMMODATIONS 1
SECTION:
4-6-1: Short Title
4-6-2: Purpose
4-6-3: Definitions
4-6-4: Interpretation And Application Of Provisions
4-6-5: License Required; Termination And Renewal
4-6-6: Application For License
4-6-7: License Fee
4-6-8: Insurance Required
4-6-9: Inspection Of Premises; Issuance Of License
4-6-10: Site And Structure Requirements; Utilities
4-6-11: Duties Of Operator And Licensee
4-6-12: Life Safety Code Adopted
4-6-13: Inspection
4-6-14: Revocation Of License
4-6-15: Violation; Penalty

 

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1. See also section 8-5B-46 of this code.
4-6-1: SHORT TITLE:
This chapter, including such rules and regulations it adopts by reference, is entitled the county GUEST ACCOMMODATION ORDINANCE. (Ord. 2014-5, 7-8-2014)
4-6-2: PURPOSE:
The purpose of this chapter is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life, limb, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the use and occupancy and maintenance of all buildings used to house transient guests. (Ord. 2014-5, 7-8-2014)
4-6-3: DEFINITIONS:
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
BUILDING:
Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy. The term "building" shall be construed as if followed by the word "or portion thereof".
FACILITY:
A single building or multiple buildings located within one thousand feet (1,000') of each other, used as guest accommodations, that are under the same ownership or management.
GUEST ACCOMMODATIONS:
Any facility containing sixteen (16) or fewer units, used as sleeping accommodations, which are made available to the public on a transient basis, for a charge. A transient basis shall be any period of time less than thirty (30) consecutive days. "Guest accommodations" shall include, but are not limited to, lodging houses, rooming houses, resorts, guest house/home, apartment, and cabins. Unless otherwise specified, such facilities shall meet the requirements of chapter 26 of the "life safety code".
GUEST HOUSE/HOME:
A single-family dwelling rented out on a transient basis for the purpose of providing guest accommodations to the public for a charge. Such guest house or home shall meet the requirements of chapter 24 of the "life safety code".
MOTEL:
A facility with the capacity to serve more than sixteen (16) persons in guestrooms or apartments, or combination thereof, each of which has a separate, individual entrance and is designed, used or intended wholly or in part for the accommodation of automobile transients. A "motel" is an inn or group of cabins along a highway, where motorists may spend the night.
TELEPHONE:
A telephone refers to any device which uses a solid medium telephone line, such as a metal wire, fiber optic cable, or digital service line for communication, as well as a mobile cellular line phone.
TRANSIENT:
One who occupies a guest accommodation for less than thirty (30) consecutive days.
UNIT:
Any stand-alone structure (e.g., cabin) or room (e.g., bedroom) used for sleeping accommodations. (Ord. 2014-5, 7-8-2014; Ord. O2021-6, 9-14-2021)
 
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