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exchange for or in consideration of the use or occupancy by a
transient of a room or rooms in a hotel for any temporary
period.
"Hotel." As follows:
(1) Any hotel, motel, inn, guesthouse or other building
located within the city which holds itself out by any means,
including advertising, license, registration with any
innkeeper's group, convention listing association, travel
publication or similar association or with any government
agency, as being available to provide overnight lodging or
use of facility space for consideration to individuals
seeking temporary accommodation.
(2) Any place which advertises to the public at large or
any segment of the public that it will provide beds, sanitary
facilities or other space for a temporary period to members
of the public at large.
(3) Any place recognized as a hostelry.
The term does not include a portion of a facility which is
devoted to individuals who have established permanent residence.
"Intermediary." A person who facilitates the booking of
hotel reservations and who is not an operator.
"Occupancy." The use or possession or the right to the use
or possession by any person other than a permanent resident of
any room in a hotel for any purpose or the right to the use or
possession of the furnishings or to the services accompanying
the use and possession of the room.
"Operator." Any individual, partnership, nonprofit or
profit-making association or corporation or other person or
group of persons that maintains, operates, manages, owns, has
custody of or otherwise possesses the right to rent or lease
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