DMC Sec. 9136 (Hotel)“Any building containing individual rooms or suites of rooms, with or without kitchens, intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented, or hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied, for sleeping purposes by guests, on a transient basis, for compensation for a period of no more than 120 consecutive days.” source
DMC Sec. 9146 (Motel)“A group of attached or detached buildings containing individual sleeping rooms, without kitchens, for the temporary use of automobile tourists or transients for a period of not more than 120 consecutive days and shall include auto courts, motor lodges, and tourist courts.” source
Citation: DMC Sec. 9136 (Hotel)
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