§ 64-4.408. Administration-Registration of hotel.

Within thirty days after the effective date of this chapter, or within thirty days after commencing business, whichever is later, each operator of any hotel renting occupancy to transients shall register the hotel with the tax administrator and obtain from him a "transient occupancy registration certificate" to be at all times available upon demand on the premises by a transient or the tax administrator. Whenever there is a change in the identity of the owner or operator of any such hotel, the operator must secure a new "transient occupancy registration certificate" for the premises and the tax administrator may require the payments of all approved transient occupancy taxes, whether due or not as a condition to the issuance of such new certificate. The certificate shall, among other things, state the following:

(1)

The name and address of the operator;

(2)

The name and address of the owner;

(3)

The name and address of the hotel;

(4)

The date upon which the certificate was issued;

(5)

"This Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate signifies that the operator named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax Ordinance by registering with the Tax Administrator for the purpose of collecting from transients the Transient Occupancy Tax and remitting said tax to the Tax Administrator. This certificate does not authorize any person to conduct any unlawful business or to conduct any lawful business in an unlawful manner, nor to operate a hotel without strictly complying with all local applicable laws, including but not limited to those requiring a permit from any board, commission, department or office of this county. This certificate does not constitute a permit."

(Ord. 1891: prior code § 2530.5).