Within thirty days after commencing business, each operator furnishing lodging to a transient guest shall register his hotel or motel with the Director of Taxation and obtain from him a transient occupancy registration certificate, to be posted at all times in a conspicuous place on the premises. Such certificate shall, among other things, state the following:
(A) The name of the operator;
(B) The address of the hotel or motel;
(C) The date on which the certificate was issued; and
(D) The words "This Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the Hotel-Motel Tax Ordinance by registering with the Director of Taxation of the City of Lima, Ohio, for the purpose of collecting from transient guests the Hotel-Motel Tax and remitting said tax to the Director of Taxation of the City of Lima, Ohio. This certificate does not constitute a permit or license."
(Ord. 70-77. Passed 4-18-77.)