[Ord. 6PSF-J, 8-8-2018]
CRITICAL EMPLOYEES
Means any employee whose job classification is related to
Housekeeping, Food Preparation or Food Service, Front Desk/Front Service,
and Engineering at a Hotel. Such classifications include, but are
not limited to, Room Attendants, House Persons, Bell/Door Persons,
Front Desk Agents, Engineers and Maintenance Employees, Cooks, Stewards,
Bartenders, and Servers.
HOTEL
Shall mean a building or portion of it which is regularly used and kept open as such for lodging of guests and includes an apartment hotel, boarding house or club whether or not meals are served. See, Revised General Ordinances, section
10:20-3.
HOTEL SERVICES
Means any services commonly offered by a Hotel, including,
but not limited to, letting of guest rooms, letting of meeting rooms,
provision of food and/or beverage services, provision of banquet services,
and provision of spa services.
SERVICE DISRUPTION
Means the occurrence of any of the following:
a.
Any construction at such hotel that creates excessive noise
that has the potential to disturb guests in their rooms other than
construction that is unplanned and intended to correct an emergency
or other situation requiring immediate attention.
b.
Any infestation verified by a licensed exterminator or governmental
agency of hotel rooms by bed bugs, lice, or other insects or vermin
that are capable of spreading disease and/or being carried, including
on one's person, that has not been remedied by a licensed exterminator.
c.
Temporary or permanent closure of any advertised amenity, including,
but not limited to, pool, spa, shuttle service, or food and beverage
service.
d.
Temporary or permanent unavailability of any advertised room
appliances or technology, including, but not limited to, in-room refrigerators
or internet or Wi-Fi services.
e.
The unavailability of a non-smoking room in an instance in which
a customer reserved a non-smoking room.
f.
Any durational strikes, lockouts or picketing activity at or
near a Hotel which is related to such Hotel.
SUCCESSOR EMPLOYER
Means any person or entity assuming ownership or operation
of an existing Hotel.
[Ord. 6PSF-J, 8-8-2018]
Any violation of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof,
be punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000. The continuation of
a violation shall constitute a separate offense for each successive
day.
In addition to any other penalties or remedies for violations
of this code, guests, customers, and Critical Employees may also bring
a private cause of action in any court of competent jurisdiction to
recover, in addition to the remedies provided for in this act, compensatory,
equitable and consequential damages. A successful plaintiff in such
an action shall be entitled to recover reasonable costs and attorney's
fees.