Rosemead Municipal Code Ch. 5.42 Motels and Hotels

The purpose of this chapter is to establish operational standards and requirements for motels and hotels which will ensure the continued availability of transient visitor lodging within the City and will ensure the continued use of motels and hotels in the manner intended to provide such lodging.

(Ord. 813 § 2 (part), 2000)

The operational standards contained in Sections 5.42.030 through 5.42.150 shall apply to all motels and hotels in the City. Each owner and operator shall be responsible for insuring that the hotel and motel he or she owns or operates is operated in compliance with this chapter. For purposes of this chapter, "operator" shall have the same meaning ascribed to it by Section 3.16.020 of this Code.

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No rooms shall be rented to persons whose occupancy exceeds thirty (30) consecutive days or exceeds thirty (30) days in any sixty (60) consecutive day period, unless such extended occupancy is authorized pursuant to a conditional use permit as provided in Section 17.112.030(20). This provision shall not apply to a maximum of one unit per motel or hotel complex designated for a manager's occupancy.

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On-site management shall be available twenty-four (24) hours a day.

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Each guest room shall be provided regularly-scheduled maid and housekeeping services. Such services shall be provided at least once every three days during any consecutive occupancy and at least once between each occupancy.

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In-room telephone service for emergency response purposes shall be provided in all guest rooms.

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Persons responsible for the renting of a room in any motel or hotel shall provide their name and permanent address, as verified by presentation of a valid driver's license or other valid identification, and the license number, state of license, make, model and year of any vehicle parked on-site or off-site. The registration information shall also include the dates of occupancy, length of stay, room rate and, if the room is occupied by someone other than the registrant for in excess of thirty (30) days, the name of the occupant of the room. The foregoing information shall be maintained in a register.

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No person shall write or cause to be written, or knowingly permit to be written in any register in any motel or hotel, any other or different name or designation than the true name of the person registering therein, or the name by which the person is generally known.

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The register required by Section 5.42.070, shall be maintained in good condition for a period of not less than three years from and after the date of entry.

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Authorized representatives of the City shall be allowed to inspect the register required by Section 5.42.070 upon reasonable prior notice or for reasonable cause, and no owner, operator nor other person shall deny, prevent, obstruct or attempt to deny, prevent or obstruct such authorized representatives to inspect the register.

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No room, suite or bed shall be assigned or rented more than twice within any twenty-four (24) hour period.

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No room shall be let for hourly or other short-time rates nor advertised in any way to be available at hourly or other short-time rates.

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Except as may otherwise be expressly authorized by conditions of approval of a conditional use permit, no person in occupancy of a motel or hotel room shall sell merchandise or services to the public therefrom.

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Except as may otherwise be expressly authorized by conditions of approval of a conditional use permit, no appliances for preparation of meals shall be permitted in any guest room, provided, however, that small refrigerators for drinks, coffee makers and small microwave ovens which are not large enough for actual preparation of meals are not prohibited by this section.

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Each owner and operator shall comply with the provisions of the Rosemead Municipal Code pertaining to the operator's responsibility for the collection of transient occupancy tax.

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(a) Any motel or hotel actually and lawfully doing business in the City before the effective date of this chapter shall be permitted to continue to do so, subject to all applicable provisions of state law and this Code, and subject to all conditions of the conditional use permit(s) issued for the site; provided, however, that from and after such effective date such businesses shall also comply with all the conditions and operational standards set forth in this chapter. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions on long-term occupancies contained in Section 5.42.030 shall not take effect for any such existing hotels or motels until January 1, 2001, except to the extent that any such occupancy would cause long-term occupancies to exceed twenty (20) percent of the total number of rooms in the hotel or motel.

(b) Notice of the restrictions on long-term occupancy imposed by this chapter shall be provided at least thirty (30) days prior to January 1, 2001, to any long-term occupants who are in occupancy as of the effective date of this chapter, and at the time of occupancy for any long-term occupancies established after said effective date.

(c) The provisions of this chapter shall not be used to avoid the application of tenant's rights in violation of the State Civil Code Section 1940.1.

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Violation of the prohibited acts and or mandatory duties set forth in this chapter shall constitute separate misdemeanor offenses, punishable by not more than one year imprisonment in the county jail or by a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or both such fine and imprisonment.

(Ord. 813 § 2 (part), 2000)