For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
GUEST. A person who pays or agrees to monetary consideration for the use of a room or rooms in a guest accommodation establishment.
GUEST ACCOMMODATION. A structure or portion of a structure that is occupied or intended and designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes and includes hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, inn, boarding house, apartment, and similar sleeping accommodations. GUEST ACCOMMODATION excludes a structure or part of a structure rented, or offered for rent solely in connection with a principal business or institutional purpose other than providing meals, lodging, entertainment or recreation, and not available to the general public; for example, a hospital, boarding school or college, or fish processor dormitory.
OPERATOR. A person who furnishes, offers for rent or otherwise makes available guest accommodations for monetary consideration, whether acting directly or through an agent or employee.
RENT or RENTS. The amount charged to guests for the use of a room or rooms in a guest accommodation.
TRANSIENT USE. The occupancy or rental of a room or rooms in a guest accommodation for fewer than 30 consecutive days.
(Ord. 00-06, passed 9-12-00)