Sexually oriented businesses; adult motels; additional regulations.
Peoria, Ariz., City Code § 11-13
in effectSec. 11-13. Sexually oriented businesses; adult motels; additional regulations.
(a) Evidence that a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment has been rented and vacated two or more times in a period of time that is less than (10) hours creates a rebuttable presumption that the establishment is an adult motel as that term is defined in sections 11-1 through 11-19 of this code.
(b) It shall be unlawful for a person who is in control of a sleeping room in a hotel, motel, or similar commercial establishment that does not have a sexually oriented business license to rent or subrent a sleeping room to a person and, within ten (10) hours from the time the room is rented, rent or subrent the same sleeping room again.
(c) For purposes of subsection (b) of this section, the terms "rent" or "sub-rent" mean the act of permitting a room to be occupied for any form of consideration.
(Ord. No. 98-16, 3/17/98, Enacted; Ord. No. 2017-27, § 13, 6-13-17)
Source: City of Peoria, Arizona, City Code and Charter (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/peoriaaz/latest/peoria_az/0-0-0-50158Fetched: 11/8/2026