§ 24-41. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Bed and breakfast means any establishment having no more than 15 bedrooms; offering, for compensation, lodging or sleeping accommodations to any transient; and offering at least one meal per day, which may but need not be breakfast, to each person to whom overnight lodging is provided.

Day means any 24-hour period or portion thereof for which a room rental charge is made.

Hotel means any public or private hotel, inn, hostelry, tourist home or house, motel, roominghouse or other lodging place containing ten or more bedrooms within the town offering lodging, as defined in this section, for compensation to any transient, as defined in this section.

Lodging means space or room furnished any transient.

Transient means any person who, for a period of not more than 90 consecutive days, either at the person's own expense or at the expense of another, lodges or obtains shelter, at any hotel or bed and breakfast. However, the term "transient" shall not include a person enrolled in and attending full-time a school within the incorporated town limits.

(Comp. Ords., § 27.1; Ord. of 10-14-2009)

(Comp. Ords., § 27.1; Ord. of 10-14-2009)