3.30.020“"Transient" means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy or a space in a hotel 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
3.30.020“"Hotel" shall include any inn, tourist home or house, motel, studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, dormitory, public or private club, mobile home or house trailer, or other building or structure which is occupied, or intended or designed for temporary occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes.” source
18.06.550“a building or group of buildings used for transient residential purposes, containing guestrooms or dwelling units with automobile storage space provided in connection therewith” source
Citation: Ch. 3.30
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