The following words or phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter.
(a) "Excise tax" means the tax made by the Village on transactions by which lodgings by a hotel is or is to be furnished to transient guests.
(b) "Hotel" means every establishment kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where sleeping accommodations are offered to guests, in which five or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests, whether such rooms are in one or several structures.
(c) "Person" includes individuals, receivers, assignees, trustees in bankruptcy, estates, firms, partnerships, associations, joint-stock companies, joint ventures, clubs, societies, corporations, the State and its political subdivisions, and combinations of individuals of any form.
(d) "Transient guests" means persons occupying a room or rooms for sleeping accommodations for less than 30 consecutive days.
(Ord. 2015-4. Passed 9-15-15.)