Each operator shall collect the tax imposed by the provisions of this chapter to the same extent and at the same time as the rent is collected from every transient. The amount of the tax shall be separately stated from the amount of the rent. Each transient shall receive a receipt for payment. The operator shall not advertise or state in any manner that the tax, or any part thereof, will be assumed or absorbed by the operator, or that the tax will not be added to the rent, or that any part of the tax will be refunded, except in the manner provided in this chapter.
(§ 12, Ord. 26)