The following words, terms and phrases when used in this Article shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Finance of the City of Mt. Vernon.
HOTEL. Any building or buildings in which the public may, for a consideration, obtain living quarters, sleeping or housekeeping accommodations. The term includes inns, motels, tourist homes or courts, lodging houses, rooming houses and apartment houses.
OCCUPANCY. The use or possession, or the right to use or possession, of any room or rooms in a hotel for any purpose, or the right to use or possession of the furnishings or to the services and accommodations accompanying the use and possession of the room or rooms.
OPERATOR. Any person owning or operating a hotel.
PERMANENT RESIDENT. Any person who occupied or has the right to occupy any room or rooms, regardless of whether or not it is the same room or rooms, in a hotel for at least 30 consecutive days.
PERSON. Any natural individual, firm, partnership, association, joint stock company, joint adventure, public or private corporation, limited liability company, or a receiver, executor, trustee, guardian or other representative appointed by order of any court.
ROOM or ROOMS. Any living quarters, sleeping or housekeeping accommodations. One room offered for rental with or without an adjoining bath shall be considered as a single hotel or motel room; the number of hotel or motel rooms within a suite shall be computed on the basis of those rooms utilized for the purpose of sleeping.
(Prior Code, Art. 28, Part II, § 1)