The following requirements apply to hotels and motels permitted
for new construction after December 1, 2015:
(1)
Number of rooms.
A hotel or motel shall have at least
65 guest rooms.
(2)
Accessibility.
A guest room shall be accessible only
from an internal hallway and the internal hallway shall be accessible
only from a central lobby area contained within the hotel/motel.
(Ordinance 15-765, sec. 1, adopted 11/12/15; 2007 Code, sec. 12-407(a)
After January 1, 2015, the following requirements apply to all
hotels and motels:
(1)
Registration.
When a guest arrives for registration,
the guest shall provide at least two forms of identification, one
of which shall include a photographic likeness of the guest and be
issued by a governmental agency. The hotel operation shall keep the
guest registration information on the premises of the hotel for at
least 90 days.
(2)
Security cameras.
A hotel/motel shall install and maintain,
in proper operating order, security cameras in each interior hallway
and lobby, in the parking lots, and at each exterior door. The cameras
shall be placed so as to provide visibility to the front and rear
exteriors of the building and to the swimming pool area, if any. Monitors
shall be provided for security and other hotel/motel personnel so
that on-site activities may be viewed at all times. The security cameras
shall be equipped with recording devices capable under normal lighting
and operating conditions of producing reasonable photographic images
of the persons in the specified areas. Video recordings from security
cameras shall be operating 24 hours a day and shall be kept a minimum
of 30 days.
(3)
Exterior doors.
Exterior doors (other than lobby doors)
shall be locked after 11:00 p.m. and shall be equipped with an alarm
or other device that will alert hotel/motel security and other personnel
when the door has been opened.
(Ordinance 15-765, sec. 1, adopted 11/12/15; 2007 Code, sec. 12-407(b))
Whenever said official finds an environment and/or operations contrary to the provisions of this article, a written notice stating the nature of the violation shall be served by the city in writing, providing ten days for the satisfactory correction thereof. The offender shall, within the period of time stated in such notice, permanently cease all violations. If the offender continues any violation after the expiration of the time stated, said offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine in accordance with the general penalty provided in section 1.01.009 of this code. Each day in which any violation shall continue shall be deemed a separate offense.
(Ordinance 15-765, sec. 1, adopted 11/12/15; 2007 Code, sec. 12-407(c); Ordinance adopting 2022 Code)
