§ 14-220. Security, guest register; requirement; identification; form, parent of minor, parking placard, hanger or card.

(a)

The innkeeper of a lodging establishment that offers short-term rental or that pays accommodations tax, shall keep a guest register showing the name, residence, date of arrival "check-in" and departure "check-out" of hotel guests. Every guest shall be identified, and the guest responsible for payment shall produce identification, one of which must be a valid driver's license or other governmentally issued identification with a photograph of the bearer setting forth the name and residence of the financially responsible guest. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to lease, let or rent or otherwise make available any short-term rental of accommodations to an adult without identification of the person responsible for the rental being obtained at the time of check in.

(b)

The guest shall also provide the license plate number and the state of issuance of the vehicles that are to be used by the guest during the guest's stay. The innkeeper, hotel/motel shall issue a parking sticker, hanger, card or other identifying record, with directions that it be prominently displayed at all times in each vehicle to be used by the guest during the guest's stay. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to lease, let or rent or otherwise make available any short term rental of accommodations without obtaining the license number, and the state of issuance of every vehicle of the guest, or failing to issue a unique parking identification card, hanger or record.

(c)

If the guest(s) are under the age of 18, the innkeeper shall also require the duly identified responsible adult or chaperone acting in loco parentis of a group of minors or an individual minor, or the parent or legal guardian of the minor guest to register in person at the time of check-in for the minor, and to accept in writing liability for the guest room costs, taxes, all charges by the minor, and any damages to the guest room or its furnishings caused by the minor while a guest at the lodging establishment. It shall be a misdemeanor for any person to lease, let or rent or otherwise make available any short term rental of accommodations to a minor without proof of adult accompaniment, whose identification is obtained at the time of check in.

(d)

The guest register may be kept within the meaning of this section when reproduced on any photographic, photo static, microfilm, micro card, miniature photographic, or other process, which actually reproduces the original record.

(e)

The innkeeper shall post a copy of this article together with all rules of the establishment in a conspicuous place at or near the check-in, checkout or guest registration or waiting area.

(f)

It shall be a misdemeanor and a public nuisance for the innkeeper to permit, encourage or allow any person to engage in the destructive use or occupation of required landscaped areas, and the innkeeper shall provide security and policies that will prevent the placement of any object in the landscaped area, or the use of the landscaped area for any use other than immediate passage.

(g)

It shall be a misdemeanor and a public nuisance for the innkeeper to permit, encourage or allow the use of its required parking area or for any person to use the required parking area for impromptu, unpermitted outdoor events for congregational purposes, involving the open possession or consumption of alcohol, or for the preparation, dispensing or consumption of food or drink, or for the placement of objects such as tents, trailers, structures, cooking devices, appliances, tables, chairs, coolers or the like so that the parking area cannot be used for its intended purpose; provided however that such events that are specifically permitted through legislative or administrative action, or sponsored by the business license holder in compliance with regulations governing such outdoor events, are not prohibited.

(Ord. No. 2010-51, 7-13-10)