(a) No person shall operate an adult motel within the City.
(b) Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated two (2) or more times in less than ten (10) hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in Section 777.02 of this chapter.
(c) Evidence that a person in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment has rented or subrented a sleeping room to a person and, within ten (10) hours from the time the room was rented, has rented or subrented the same sleeping room again, creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in Section 777.02 of this chapter.
(d) For purposes of subsection (b) hereof, the terms “rent” or “subrent” mean the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
(e) Any person who operates a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment that is found to be an adult motel, as defined in Section 777.02 of this chapter, commits a misdemeanor of the first (1) degree.
(Ord. 28-01. Passed 7-2-2001.)