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)