For the purpose of this chapter the following definitions for certain terms or words used herein shall be used in the interpretation of the provisions of this chapter. Words used in the present tense shall include the future tense, the singular number shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. The word "shall" or "will" is mandatory and the word "may" is permissive. Any other words used and not defined herein shall be construed as having the commonly-accepted meaning defined in a standard dictionary.
(a) "Guests" means persons occupying a room or rooms for sleeping accommodations for less than thirty consecutive days.
(b) "Hotel" means every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered to guests in which five or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, whether such rooms are in one or several structures.
(c) "Person" includes individuals, receivers, assignees, trustees in bankruptcy, estates, firms, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, joint ventures, clubs, societies, corporations and combinations of individuals in any form.
(d) "Transient guests" means the same as guests defined herein.
(e) "Short-term rental" means any establishment offering at least one but less than five rooms for the accommodation of guests, which is rented for a fee for less than thirty (30) consecutive days, whether such rooms are in one or several structures.
(Ord. 3626. Passed 8-3-21.)