Chapter 4-28 — LODGING REGISTRATION

Article 1 General(Legislative History: Ordinance No. 2016-006, 5/16/16 (Sections 4-28-105, 4-28-115, 4-28-120))

All hotels, motels, lodging houses, rooming houses and other places or establishments in the City of San Leandro where living rooms or sleeping accommodations are rented shall keep a register in which shall be entered in a legible fashion, the following information: The true names and residence addresses of all persons to be accommodated, the make, type and license number of any automobile, trailer or other vehicle and the state in which such vehicle or vehicles is, or are, registered and the year of registration. The register shall show the day, month and year when such information was entered, and the room or rooms to be occupied by such persons. It shall be unlawful for any owner, proprietor or lessee of a hotel, motel, loading house, rooming house or other place or establishment in the City of San Leandro where living rooms or sleeping accommodations are rented, to refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements hereinbefore set forth.

The person providing the accommodations as specified in Section 4-28-100 shall require identification, in the form of a driver's license, passport, government-issued identification card or other acceptable proof of identification, to be presented upon registration sufficient to confirm the identities of the person to be accommodated, and shall set forth in the register the type of identification so presented.

Such register shall be kept for a period of not less than two years by the person providing the accommodations as specified in Section 4-28-100.

Such registries maintained pursuant to this Chapter shall be available for immediate review and inspection upon request by any member of the San Leandro Police Department. Should the owner, manager or other person having management or control not agree to voluntarily produce the guest registry upon receipt of such a request, he or she shall do so upon presentation of a duly executed search warrant authorizing the San Leandro Police Department's review, inspection, reproduction and/or impoundment of the guest registry. An owner, manager or other person in management or control shall not be in violation of this Chapter for failure to voluntarily produce the guest registry but shall be in violation for failure to do so immediately upon presentation of a duly executed search warrant requiring production.

It shall be unlawful for any guest, roomer, or lodger in any place specified in Section 4-28-100 to use or allow the use of any name other than his or her true name in so registering.

A copy of Sections 4-28-100 through 4-28-120 shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each place specified in Section 4-28-100.