§ 5.32.050 — Registration

5.32.050 - Registration.

A. Every person desiring to engage in or conduct business as operator of a hotel renting to transients within the City shall file with the Tax Administrator an application for a transient occupancy registration permit for each place of business. Every application for such a permit shall be made upon a form prescribed by the Tax Administrator and shall set forth the name under which the applicant transacts or intends to transact business, the location of his place of business, and such other information as the Tax Administrator may require. The application shall be signed by the owner if a natural person, by a member or partner, if an association or partnership, by an executive officer or some person specifically authorized by the corporation to sign the application in the case of a corporation. The transient occupancy registration permit must be in effect at all times while the business is in operation and shall be at all times posted in a conspicuous place on the premises. Said permit shall, among other things, state the following: 1. Name of hotel; 2. Name of operator; 3. Hotel address; 4. The date upon which the permit was issued; 5. "This Transient Occupancy Registration Permit signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the Transient Occupancy Tax Chapter 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 Permit does not authorize any person to conduct any unlawful business in an unlawful manner, nor operate a hotel without strictly complying with all applicable laws, including but not limited to those requiring a permit from any board, commission, department or office of this City. This Permit does not apply in lieu of such other permits which are otherwise required." B. This certificate is nonassignable and nontransferable and shall be surrendered immediately to the tax collector upon cessation of business at the location named or upon the sale or transfer of the business or the real property on which the business is located. C. At the time of making an application for a registration permit, the applicant shall pay a registration fee equal to the base tax of the business tax payment required for operation of a hotel as enumerated in Chapter 5.04 of this Code. The registration fee and the business tax payment are both required to operate a hotel. D. It shall be unlawful to operate a hotel without a transient occupancy registration permit or to fail to post the certificate in a conspicuous place at all times.

(Ord. 7757, § 86, 2026; Ord. 6058 § 1, 1993; Ord. 3380 § 6, 1966)