Chapter 24 — REGULATION OF PUBLIC LODGING FACILITIES

5-24.01 Definitions 5-24.02 Register required 5-24.03 Inspection of register 5-24.04 Violations: Penalties

For purposes of this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context, certain words and phrases used herein are defined as follows: (a) “Public lodging facility” means any hotel, motel or residence inn as the same are or may hereinafter be defined in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Title 9 of this code. (b) “Operator” means any person engaged in the management or operation of a public lodging facility within the City. (§ 1, Ord. 2607, eff. February 1, 1996, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2955, eff. August 4, 2012)

Every operator of any public lodging facility in the City shall at all times keep and maintain a register, computerized or handwritten, wherein all guest names are recorded upon their procurement of a room. The operator shall verify the identity of the person procuring the room with a valid driver’s license or other reliable photo identification and shall record the driver’s license number or identification number and the state which issued the identification next to the person’s signature. The register shall also show the date and time the room was procured, the home address of each guest or person renting or occupying a room or rooms, and the make, year, and license number of the vehicle of such person, and the state in which such vehicle is licensed. Until all of the aforesaid entries have been made in such register, no guest shall be permitted to occupy any room in such public lodging facility. The operator of such facility, or his or her agent, shall record opposite such name or names so registered the number of each room assigned to and occupied by each such guest. (§ 1, Ord. 2607, eff. February 1, 1996, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2955, eff. August 4, 2012)

The register shall be kept in a conspicuous place in the public lodging facility and shall at all times be open to inspection by any police officer and by any designated representative of the City. (§ 1, Ord. 2607, eff. February 1, 1996, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2955, eff. August 4, 2012)

It shall be unlawful for any owner, operator or manager of a hotel or motel in the City to permit any violation of any provision of this chapter or to fail to comply with any requirement of this chapter. Any owner, operator or manager violating any such provision or failing to comply with any such requirement of this chapter shall be guilty of a

misdemeanor. Any owner, operator or manager convicted of a misdemeanor pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in § 1-2.01 of this Code. (§ 1, Ord. 2607, eff. February 1, 1996, as amended by § 1, Ord. 2955, eff. August 4, 2012)