3.15.220“Transient means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy by reason of concession, permit, right of access, license, or other agreement for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days.” source
3.15.220“Any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodginghouse, roominghouse, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home, or house trailer at a fixed location or other similar structure, or portion thereof.” source
3.15.230“For the privilege of occupancy in any hotel, each transient is subject to and shall pay a tax in the amount of ten percent of the rent charged by the operator.” source
Citation: Concord Municipal Code Chapter 3.15 (Taxation), transient occupancy tax definitions at 3.15.220 and rate at 3.15.230; Title 5 Chapter 5.70 (Hotels, Motels and Roominghouses); Title 18 Chapters 18.30 and 18.200.
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