As used in this division:
1. “Applicant” means the Hotel Owner and/or Hotel Operator seeking a Permit under this division.
2. “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.
3. “High Occupancy Lodging” means an establishment with 80 or more guest rooms intended for short-term lodging.
4. “Hotel” means an establishment that provides temporary lodging for payment in the form of overnight accommodations in guest room(s) to transient patrons for periods of 30 consecutive calendar days or less. “Hotel” includes hotels, motor lodges, motels, apartment hotels, transient-occupancy residential structures, private residential clubs, tourist courts, High Occupancy Lodging, Low Occupancy Lodging, Medium Occupancy Lodging, 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” does not include corporate housing, 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.
5. “Hotel Operator” means a Person who is either the proprietor of the Hotel or the manager, employee, or agent of the proprietor.
6. “Hotel Owner” means a Person who has title to the premises that operates as a Hotel.
7. “Permit” means a permit issued under this division.
8. “Low Occupancy Lodging” means a residential or commercial structure intended for lodging, when at maximum occupancy, is capable of providing short-term lodging for fewer than 18 persons.
9. “Medium Occupancy Lodging” means an establishment with 6 to 79 guest rooms for short-term lodging or other business capable of or intended for providing short-term lodging for 18 or more persons.
10. “Permittee” means any person holding a Permit under this division.
11. “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.