Secs. 7-438—7-439. Reserved.

ARTICLE XX. HOTELS*

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*   Editors Note: It should be noted that the provisions of this article shall become effective September 30, 1999.

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Sec. 7-440. Definitions.

   (a)   Rent or subrent means the act of permitting a room to be occupied in exchange for any form of consideration.

   (b)   Hotel is defined in Tucson Code Section 19-1.

(Ord. No. 9240, § 1, 6-21-99)

Sec. 7-441. Guest register required; guest identification required.

   (a)   It shall be unlawful for any owner, operator, employee or person in control of any hotel to rent, subrent, or otherwise furnish accommodations therein to any person without first requiring the person requesting the accommodations to exhibit a written instrument of identification. The following written instruments are the only acceptable types of identification:

   (1)   An unexpired drivers license issued by any state of the United States or Canada, provided such license includes a picture of the licensee;

   (2)   A non-operating identification license issued pursuant to A.R.S. Section 28-3165;

   (3)   An armed forces identification card;

   (4)   A valid unexpired passport or border crossing identification card which is issued by a government; or

   (5)   A voter card issued by the government of Mexico and which contains a photograph of the person and the date of birth.

   (b)   It shall be unlawful for any owner, operator, employee, or person in control of any hotel to rent, subrent, or otherwise furnish accommodations therein to any person without first entering in a register the following information:

   (1)   The name and address of each guest furnished with accommodations;

   (2)   The correct date and time of day that the accommodations were rented, subrented, or otherwise furnished to the guest;

   (3)   The room number or other specific description of the accommodations which were furnished to the guest;

   (4)   The signature of the guest to whom the accommodations were furnished; and

   (5)   The type of written instrument of identification presented by the guest to verify his/her name and address, and the number of the identification. A photocopy of the instrument of identification is sufficient to satisfy this requirement.

Such register shall be made available for the inspection of any peace officer at all times upon request.

(Ord. No. 9240, § 1, 6-21-99)

Sec. 7-442. Limitation on consecutive rentals.

If any owner, operator, employee, or person in control of any hotel rents, subrents, or otherwise furnishes accommodations therein to any person, it shall be unlawful for that owner, operator, employee, or person in control to rent, subrent, or otherwise furnish the same accommodations again to any person within eight (8) hours from the commencement of the previous rental.

(Ord. No. 9240, § 1, 6-21-99)

Sec. 7-443. Notification to licensee of violation by employee.

The person holding a business license issued pursuant to Chapter 19 shall be notified in writing by the police department whenever an employee of the licensee is cited for a violation of section 7-441 or section 7-442. Notice shall be given to the licensee within ten (10) days of charges being filed. The provisions of section 7-444 regarding license suspension shall not apply in the absence of such notification.

(Ord. No. 9240, § 1, 6-21-99)

Sec. 7-444. Suspension of business license; grounds; penalties.

   (a)   The business license issued pursuant to Chapter 19 entitling the licensee to operate any hotel shall be suspended for twenty-four (24) hours if the licensee or any employee of the licensee violates the provisions of section 7-441 or section 7-442 on two (2) separate dates within a twelve (12) month period.

   (b)   The business license issued pursuant to Chapter 19 entitling the licensee to operate any hotel shall be suspended for ten (10) days if the licensee or any employee of the licensee violates the provisions of section 7-441 or section 7-442 on four (4) separate dates within a twelve (12) month period.

(Ord. No. 9240, § 1, 6-21-99)