As used in this chapter:
CITY: Shall mean the City of Stroud, Oklahoma.
HOTEL: Shall mean any building or buildings, structures, trailer, or other facility in which the public may, for consideration, obtain sleeping accommodations, and in which rooms are used for the accommodation of such occupant whether such rooms are in one or several structures. The term shall include hotels, apartment hotels, motels, tourist courts, lodging houses, inns, rooming houses, and all other facilities where rooms or sleeping facilities or space are furnished for consideration. The term shall not include hospitals, mental health care facilities, assisted living centers or nursing homes.
OCCUPANCY: Shall mean the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession of any room or rooms in a hotel.
OCCUPANT: Shall mean the 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 any lease, concession, permit, right of access, license to use, or other agreement.
OPERATOR: Shall mean any person operating a hotel within the City, including, but not limited to, the owner, proprietor, manager, lessee, sublessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee, or any other person otherwise operating such hotel.
PERSON: Shall mean any individual, corporation, company, partnership, voluntary association, firm, club, society, organization or any other entity of whatever kind or nature.
RENT: Shall mean the consideration received for occupancy valued in money, whether received 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.
RETURN: Shall mean any report filed or required to be filed as herein provided.
ROOM: Shall mean any room or suite of rooms of any kind in any part or portion of a hotel which is available for or let out for use or possessed for sleeping facilities.
TAX: Shall mean the tax levied pursuant to this chapter. (Ord. 322, 12-8-2016)