As used in this article the following words and phrases shall have the meanings hereinafter set forth:
A. Clerk means the Clerk of the City of Purcell.
B. Hotel means any building or buildings, structures, trailer, or other facility in which the public may, for consideration, obtain sleeping accommodations, whether such rooms are in one or several structures. The term shall include hotels, apartment hotels, motels, tourist homes, houses or courts, lodging houses, inns, rooming houses, trailer houses, r.v. parks, trailer motels, dormitory space where bed space is rented to individuals or groups, apartments not occupied by "permanent residents," and all other facilities where rooms or sleeping facilities or space are furnished for a consideration. The term shall not include hospitals, sanitariums or nursing homes nor shall this term affect permanent resident facilities as defined below for residents for terms in excess of thirty-one (31) days.
C. Occupancy means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room or rooms in a hotel, or the right to the use or possession of the furnishings or to the services and accommodations accompanying the use and possession of any room or rooms.
D. Occupant means a person who, for a consideration, uses, possesses or has the right to the use or possession of any room or rooms in a hotel under lease, concession, permit, right to access, license to use, or other agreement.
E. Operator means any person operating a hotel in the City of Purcell, included, but not limited to, the owner, proprietor, lessee, sub-lessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee, or any other person otherwise operating such hotel.
F. Rent means the consideration received for occupancy valued in money, whether in money or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits, and property or services of any kind or nature, and also any amount for which credit is allowed by the operator to the occupant, without any deduction therefrom whatsoever.
G. Return means any return filed or required to be filed as herein provided.
H. Room means any room or rooms, in any part or portion of a hotel and space of any kind which is available for or let out for use or possessed for any purpose other than a place of assembly. As used herein, "place of assembly" means a room or space which is capable of being occupied by seventy-five (75) or more persons and which is used for educational, recreational or amusement purposes and shall include: Dance halls, cabarets; nightclubs; restaurants; any room or space for public or private banquets, feasts, socials, card parties or weddings; lodge and meeting halls or rooms; skating rinks; gymnasiums; swimming pools; billiard, bowling and table tennis rooms; halls or rooms used for public or private catering purposes; funeral parlors; markets; recreational rooms; concert halls; broadcasting studios, and all other places of similar type of occupancy.
HISTORY
Added by Ord. 20-03 on 10/5/2020