Within the thirty days after the effective date of this section or within thirty days after commencing business, whichever is later, each operator of any hotel renting lodging to transient guests shall register such hotel with the Finance Director and obtain from the Finance Director a "transient occupancy registration certificate" to be at all times posted in a conspicuous place on the premises. Such certificate shall, among other things, state the following:
(a) The name of the operator;
(b) The address of the hotel;
(c) The date upon which the certificate was issued;
(d) "This transient occupancy registration certificate signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the hotel-motel tax ordinance by registering with the Finance Director of the City of Oberlin for the purpose of collecting from transient guests the hotel-motel tax and remitting said tax to theFinance Director of the City of Oberlin. This certificate does not constitute a permit."
(Ord. 87-80AC CMS. Passed 1-19-88; Ord. 99-29AC CMS. Passed 5-17-99.)