(A) No operator shall permit a person to occupy a hotel as a guest for more than twenty-eight (28) consecutive days.
(B) No operator shall permit a person occupying a hotel as a guest for twenty-eight (28) consecutive days to enter into a new rental agreement or to otherwise occupy any room in a hotel as a guest without at least a seven (7) day vacancy between stays.
(C) No operator shall permit a person to occupy a hotel as a permanent resident and/or utilize the hotel address for a personal mailing address.
(D) The provisions of subsections (A) through (C) of section shall not apply in the following situations:
1. When there is a written contract or documented agreement between a hotel and a business, corporation, firm or governmental agency to house employees or individuals on valid work orders;
2. When there is documentation, consistent with HIPPA privacy rules, that a hotel guest is considered family or is providing care for a patient who is admitted at local hospital;
3. When an insurance company or federal, state or local governmental agency has provided documentation that a hotel guest has been displaced from their home by a natural disaster or fire;
4. Where there is a written contract or documented agreement between a hotel and a not-for-profit organization to provide emergency or transitional housing/shelter provided such emergency or transitional housing/shelter shall not exceed sixty (60) days in a calendar year per guest; provided, further, no hotel shall be permit the occupancy of more than five percent (5%) of its rooms on a per night basis to accommodate such transitional housing/shelter. (Ord. 22-03, 5-2-2022)