(a) No person shall engage in, conduct, or carry on, or permit to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, in or upon any premises in the City, the operation of a hotel/motel without obtaining a permit in accordance with this chapter.
(b) An application for a new permit may be submitted at any time to the Director. If the application is approved and a permit is issued, the permit shall take effect on the day of issuance, and shall expire on December 31st of the year in which it was issued.
(c) A permit to operate a hotel/motel shall be renewed by the applicant at the end of each calendar year. The deadline for submitting an application for renewal shall be the first Monday of November of the year in which the permit is set to expire. Failure to renew shall result in expiration on December 31st. If a permit is successfully renewed, it shall be in effect for one calendar year, beginning on January 1st and expiring on December 31st of the same year.
(Ord. 21-23. Passed 9-7-21.)