[Adopted 12-13-2006 by Ord. No. 12-2006]
The sleeping accommodations of a motel shall be rented only for the
use of transient occupants and shall not be used or occupied on any permanent
basis and no such occupant shall be deemed to be a resident therein. Permanent
residency at motels is prohibited.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
PERMANENT
Any occupancy of a motel unit other than transient.
TRANSIENT
Occupancy of a motel unit for not more than 30 consecutive calendar
days or not more than 60 days during any ninety-day period. Occupancy is not
deemed to have been interrupted by changing rooms or by an interruption in
occupancy of less than 30 days.
TRANSIENT OCCUPANT
The person physically occupying a motel unit and having a principal
residence elsewhere.
Permanent residency of any motel unit is prohibited and is a violation
of this article, however, nothing in this article shall apply to an employee
of the motel required to live on the property.
The owner or operator of any motel found to be in violation of this
article will be subject to the following penalties:
A. First offense: not less than $100 and not more than $1,000
per day for each and every day of violation.
B. Second offense: not less than $100 and not more than
$1,500 per day for each and every day of violation.
C. Third offense: not less than $500 and not more than $2,000
per day for each and every day of violation and revocation of the motel's
mercantile license for 60 days.
D. Each day that a violation continues is considered a separate
and specific violation.