For the purpose of this Chapter the terms, phrases, words and their derivatives shall have the meanings given in this Section. The singular shall include the plural, and the masculine shall include the feminine and the neuter.
(a) "Administrator" means the Finance Director or his authorized representative.
(b) "Hotel" or "motel" means every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered for consideration to guests,in which five (5) or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, whether such rooms are in one (1) or several structures.
(c) “Transient guest" means persons occupying a room or rooms for sleeping accommodations for less than thirty (30) consecutive days.
(d) "Vendor" means the person who is the owner or operator of the hotel or motel and who furnishes the lodging.
(Ord. 121-72. Passed 1-8-73.)