Sec. 54-3. Guest register—Required.

   Any person who owns or operates a hotel, in the County must maintain on the premises a permanent register containing:

   (a)   the name of each visitor;

   (b)   the residence address of each visitor, including state, city or town, street and street number or rural mail delivery route number;

   (c)   the number of the room or facility occupied by each visitor; and

   (d)   the date and time of registration and checkout of each visitor.

   The register must include a record of the license plate numbers and state of registration of any automobiles or trailers that guests are using. The owner or operator of the establishment must see that the license plate and automobile or trailer registration information is correct. A person must not occupy any room until the registration required under this section is provided. The permanent register may be in a bound book, looseleaf book, or cards. If a looseleaf book or cards are used, the pages or cards must be numbered consecutively before use and all numbered pages or cards must be kept even though they are not used. The register required by this section must be kept for at least 3 years and must be open to inspection upon the request of the Director or of any law enforcement officer of the county or the state. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 12-1; 1972 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 5; 1980 L.M.C., ch. 41, § 1; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 49, § 3; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1; 2001 L.M.C., ch. 14, § 1; 2002 L.M.C., ch. 16, § 2; 2017 L.M.C., ch. 27, §1; 2019 L.M.C., ch. 23, §1 ; 2023 L.M.C., ch. 33, § 1.)

Sec. 54-4. Same-Giving or permitting false information to be given prohibited.

   A person must not knowingly write any false or incorrect name or address or license plate number in any such register. The owner, manager, or employee of a hotel must not knowingly permit any person to write any false name or address or license plate number in any such register. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, §12-2; 2017 L.M.C., ch. 27, §1.)

Article II. HOTELS. [Note]

 

Notes

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*Cross references-Special housing standards for hostels, boardinghouses, rooming houses and tourist homes, § 26-11; room rental tax, § 52-16; H-M (hotel) zone, § 59-C-4.38; country inn zones, § 59-C-4.39; zoning requirements for boardinghouses, § 59-G-2.10; other special zoning requirements for hotels and motels, § 59-G-2.34; rural resort hotels, § 59-G-2.35.

Division 1. Generally.

Sec. 54-5. Numbering of rooms.

   Every hotel must have a unique number on the corridor side of the door to each guest room. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, §90-2; 2017 L.M.C., ch. 27, §1.)

Sec. 54-6. Limitation on admission of visitors.

   A hotel must not admit more visitors than the number for which it is licensed. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, §90-3; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 49, §4; 2017 L.M.C., ch. 27, §1.)

Sec. 54-7. Inspection of register by county officials.

   Registers kept under Section 54-3 must always be available at the hotel for inspection by the Director, the fire marshal, the police chief and their designees. The licensee may request the official to present proper credentials or proof of identity. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, §90-6; 1972 L.M.C., ch. 16, §13; 2017 L.M.C., ch. 27, §1; 2019 L.M.C., ch. 23, §1.)

Sec. 54-8. Owner, operator or manager to reside on premises.

   The owner, operator, or a responsible manager appointed by the owner or operator must be on-site at all times at each hotel. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, §90-7; 2017 L.M.C., ch. 27, §1; 2019 L.M.C., ch. 23, §1.)

Sec. 54-9. Parking facilities.

   Every hotel must provide off-street automobile parking for visitors as required by Chapter 59 of this Code, as amended. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, §90-8; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 49, §5; 2017 L.M.C., ch. 27, §1; 2019 L.M.C., ch. 23, §1.)