“Department” means the Los Angeles Housing Department.
“Guest Room” means any room, suite of rooms, dwelling unit, cottage, or bungalow intended to be used by a guest of a Hotel for transient sleeping purposes.
“Hotel” means an establishment that provides temporary lodging for payment in the form of overnight accommodations in guest rooms to transient patrons for periods of thirty consecutive calendar days or less. “Hotel” includes hotels, motor lodges, motels, apartment hotels, transient-occupancy residential structures, private residential clubs, tourist courts, corporate housing, Short-Term Rentals as defined in Section 12.22 A.32. of this Code and hostels that contain both dormitory-style accommodations and private guest rooms that may be reserved, meeting the definition set forth above. Except as provided above, the term “Hotel” also does not include rooming houses, boarding houses, single-room occupancy housing, a residential hotel as defined in Section 50519 of the California Health and Safety Code, or any housing available only to students of an education institution, or licensed bed and breakfast establishments within a single unit residence.
“Fair Market Rate” means the room rate, as defined in Section 17561 of the California Business and Professions Code, that is made available to the public for hotel accommodations, including any promotional, volume, loyalty or other discounts that are generally available to the public.
“Person” means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, agency, instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity, whether domestic or foreign.
“Unhoused Individual or Family” means an individual or family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence, or who has a primary nighttime residence in an emergency shelter, on the street or in a park, in a vehicle, or in an enclosure or structure that is not authorized or fit for human habitation.