The following words, terms and phrases are, for the purpose of this article, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, defined as follows:
City Manager shall mean the City Manager of the city.
Consideration shall mean the cost of the room, sleeping space, bed or dormitory space or other facilities in such hotel and shall not include the cost of any food served or personal services rendered to the occupant not related to cleaning and readying such room or space for occupancy, and shall not include any tax assessed for occupancy thereof by any other governmental agency.
Hotel shall mean any building or buildings, trailer, or other facility in which the public may, for a consideration, obtain sleeping accommodations. The term shall include hotels, motels, tourist homes, houses or courts, lodging houses, inns, rooming houses, trailer houses, trailer motels, apartments not occupied by permanent residents, as that term is hereinafter defined, and all other facilities where rooms or sleeping facilities or space are furnished for a consideration, but hotel shall not be defined so as to include hospitals, sanitariums or nursing homes.
Occupancy shall mean the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession of any room, space or sleeping facility in a hotel for any purpose.
Occupant shall mean anyone, who, for a consideration, uses, possesses or has a right to use or possess any room or rooms, or sleeping space or facility in a hotel under any lease, concession, permit, right of access, license, contract or agreement.
Permanent resident shall mean any occupant who has or shall have the right to occupancy of any room or rooms or sleeping space or facility in a hotel for at least 30 consecutive days during the current calendar year or preceding year.
Person shall mean any individual, company, corporation, or association owning, operating, managing or controlling any hotel.
Tax assessor-collector shall mean the tax assessor-collector of the city.
(Ord. No. 899, § 1, 6-12-73)