[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
Eatontown 2-11-2015 by Ord. No. 02-2015. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Boardinghouses — — See Ch. 106.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any hotel, motel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, tourist
home, rooming house or similar establishment where sleeping accommodations
are supplied for pay to transient and permanent guests.
A "hotel" with individual entrances from the exterior of
the building to each room or unit.
A.
Every person operating a hotel or motel in the Borough shall keep
therein at all times a standard hotel register in which shall be printed
legibly the true name and home address of each and every guest or
person renting or occupying a room or rooms therein. The names of
such guests shall be written upon the register by the persons themselves,
and if they cannot write, the names shall be written in by the person
renting the room or rooms, stating that the persons occupying such
room could not sign their names. The person renting the room shall
also require each person or head of the party who is occupying such
room or rooms to display to the person in charge of the register one
government-issued photo identification or not less than two other
forms of valid identification. The form of identification that is
produced shall be recorded, as well as any information from the identification
that differs from the information supplied by said person renting
the room. The register shall also include the registrant's home
address and telephone numbers and the state license number of any
motor vehicle then being used by or operated by the registrant, including
the make, model and color of the vehicle, and the person renting the
room shall thereupon write, opposite the name so registered, the number
of the room or rooms assigned to each guest and the time when the
same is rented, whether a.m. or p.m. The register shall be signed
by the person renting the rooming unit and shall show the date of
registration and the date when the occupant of each room shall surrender
the room. Until all such entries have been made in such register,
no guest shall be permitted to occupy privately any room in the hotel
or motel. If the registrant does not write in the register the information
herein required as to the motor vehicle, it shall be the duty of the
operator or a duly authorized employee to write in said information.
At any time any room or rooms are surrendered, it shall be the further
duty of the agent to enter the time thereof in the register opposite
the names of all official persons making such surrender.
B.
The register shall be available at all times to any Code Enforcement
or police officer of the Borough upon request.
C.
No person under the age of 18 shall be permitted to rent a room without the permission of a parent or legal guardian. If the parent is not present at the time the room is rented, the minor shall present proof, in writing, of parental consent, the parent's name and telephone number and a legal form of identification, as set forth in Subsection A above, of the parent authorizing the registration.
D.
The Construction Official or his or her designee is hereby designated
as the local enforcing agency of the provisions of this chapter. The
Police Department and any law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction
any of the above-mentioned places may be located may inspect such
place at any hour to see that the register requirements of this chapter
are being complied with.
E.
The penalty for violation of the foregoing provisions shall be a
fine not less than $100 nor more than $2,000.
