For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
HOTEL. Any public or private hotel, inn, hostelry, tourist home or house, motel, rooming house, or other lodging place within the town offering lodging, as defined in this section, for compensation to any transient, as hereinafter defined in this section.
LODGING. Any room or space furnished any transient.
PERSON. Any individual, corporation, company, association, firm, copartnership, or any group of individuals acting as a unit.
TRANSIENT. Any person who, for a period of not more than 90 consecutive days, either at his or her own expense or at the expense of another, obtains lodging of the use of any space at any hotel, for which lodging or use of space a charge is made.
TREASURER. The Town Treasurer of the town and his or her duly designated deputies, assistants, inspectors, clerks, or other employees.
(1998 Code, § 58-60) (Ord. O-1999-02, passed 6-8-1999; Ord. O-2023-15, passed 9-19-2023)