(a) No person shall operate an adult motel within the Village.
(b) Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated two or more times in less than ten hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in Section 860.02 of this chapter.
(c) Evidence that a person in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment has rented or sub-rented a sleeping room to a person and within ten hours from the time the room was rented, has rented or sub-rented the same sleeping room again, creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in Section 860.02 of this chapter.
(d) For purposes of division (b) of this section, the terms "rent" or "sub-rent" means the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
(e) Any person who operates a hotel, motel or similar commercial establishment that is found to be an adult motel, as defined in Section 860.02 of this chapter, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.
(Ord. 2004-35. Passed 11-2-04.)