[HISTORY: Adopted by the Licensing Authority of the Town
of Barnstable 10-17-2016. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
A "hotel" shall mean a hotel, motel, resort, or inn, which is
kept, used or advertised as, or held out to the public to be, a place
where sleeping or housekeeping accommodations are supplied for pay
to guests for transient occupancy. Further:
A.
An "innholder," "hotel" or "resort" shall mean a commercial building
or part of a building owned or leased and operated by a person holding
a duly issued and valid license as an innholder, under the provisions
of MGL. c. 140, supervised by a person in charge at all hours, offering
overnight lodging accessed through interior hallways to the public
on a daily rate for compensation and provided with adequate and sanitary
kitchen and dining room equipment and capacity for preparing, cooking
and serving suitable food for its transient guests, including travelers
and strangers and its other patrons and customers, may include additional
accessory uses such as conference center facilities, meeting rooms,
health clubs or other customary uses, and in addition meeting and
complying with all the requirements imposed upon innholders under
said Chapter 140.
B.
"Motel" shall mean one or more detached buildings providing residential
room accommodations intended primarily for sleeping which are rented
out to the public on a daily rate, where each room has a separate
entrance leading directly outside the building.
C.
"Transient" shall mean a period of 14 consecutive calendar days or
less for the purposes of this section only.
A.
All innholders, hotels or resorts must have kitchen facilities at
a standard determined by the Board of Health and Health Department.
A.
Every innholder/hotel shall at all times provide suitable food for
strangers and travelers.
B.
Every innholder/hotel shall also have upon its premises suitable
rooms, with beds and bedding, for the lodging of guests.
C.
An innholder/hotel who upon request refuses to receive and to make
suitable provision for a stranger or traveler shall be punished by
a fine of not more than $50 and shall be subject to proceedings for
suspension, modification or revocation of its license.
A.
Every innholder/hotel shall maintain a permanent register in which
shall be recorded the name and residence of every person engaging
or occupying a private room. Such register shall be retained by the
holder of the license for a period of at least one year after the
date of the last entry therein and shall be open to the inspection
of the licensing authorities, their agents, and the police.
B.
Whoever being licensed as an innholder, or being in actual charge,
management or control of the premises for which the license is issued,
knowingly permits the premises under his or her control to be used
for the purpose of immoral solicitation, immoral bargaining or immoral
conduct, including prostitution, drugs or gambling, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 or by imprisonment
and shall be subject to disciplinary proceedings against the license.
