(a) For the purpose of providing revenue with which to meet the needs of the City for, the uses established at Section 1911.14 herein as presently stated and as amended in the future, an excise tax is hereby levied on transactions by which lodging by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests.
(b) The tax is three percent (3%) on all rents paid or to be paid by the transient guest for the lodging. Such tax constitutes a debt owed by the transient guest to the City, which is extinguished only by payment to the operator as trustee for the City, or to the City. The tax applies and is collectible at the time the lodging is furnished regardless of the time when the rent is paid.
(c) For the purpose of the proper administration of this chapter, and to prevent the evasion of the tax it is presumed that all lodging furnished by hotels in the City to transient guests is subject to the tax until the contrary is established.
(Ord. 757-81. Passed 12-22-81.)