A.
The
purpose of this chapter is to prevent the development of the types
of nuisances described in the California Red Light Abatement Law,
Penal Code Section 11225, et seq.
B.
The
regulations set forth in this chapter are reasonably related to the
accomplishment of this purpose and will not unduly interfere with
the legitimate operation of public lodgings within the City.
C.
As used
in this chapter "public lodging facility" means any hotel, motel,
lodginghouse, boardinghouse, trailer court, or similar public lodging
facility.
(2135, 1989; 2802 § 1, 2011)
No person conducting or owning any public lodging facility and
no person in actual charge, management, or control of such a facility,
nor any agent thereof, shall knowingly suffer, allow, or permit any
portion thereof to be used as a house of ill fame or place of assignation
for the purpose of prostitution.
(2135, 1989; 2802 § 1, 2011)
Every person conducting or owning a public lodging facility
in the city shall at all times keep and maintain therein a written
register or other permanent document in which shall be entered legibly,
either in electronic, ink, or typewritten form, the name and home
street and town address of each and every adult guest and person renting
and/or occupying a room or area therein, the number of each room or
area assigned to or occupied by each such guest, and the time when
such room or area is rented. An agent of the public lodging facility
shall verify each guest's name, address, and proof of financial responsibility
for the method of payment used by observing or obtaining a copy of
a valid driver's license, passport, or other form of picture identification
issued by the federal government, the State of California, or another
state or U.S. territory and shall enter the number and expiration
date of the identification presented in the written register or document.
In addition, in order to prevent fraud, where payment is made by credit
or debit card, such credit or debit card shall be used in a valid
point-of-sale machine collecting all appropriate information, and
at no time shall credit or debit card information be manually entered.
Until all of such entries shall have been made in such register or
document, no agent of a public lodging facility shall allow or permit
such guest to occupy privately any room or area in such facility.
(2135, 1989; 2802 § 1, 2011; 2862 § 1, 2015)
Erasures or alterations on the register or document required
by this chapter shall not be permitted or made for any purpose, and
it shall be unlawful to erase a name or names and address or addresses
or permit or allow such an erasure. Such register or documents shall
be kept on-site and in an accessible area for a period of not less
than one year.
(2135, 1989; 2802 § 1, 2011; 2862 § 2, 2015)
No person shall write, or cause to be written, or knowingly
permit to be written in any register in any public lodging facility
any other or different name or designation than the true name of the
person registering therein. Nor may any person maintain false or dummy
registration information.
(2135, 1989; 2802 § 1, 2011)
No person shall let or rent any room or area in any public lodging
facility in the City more than once in a calendar day.
(2135, 1989; 2802 § 1, 2011)
A.
No person
conducting or owning a public lodging facility and no person in actual
charge, management, or control of a public lodging facility, nor agent
thereof, shall let or cause to be let any room or area for hourly
or other short-time rates of less than 24 hours.
B.
No person
conducting or owning a public lodging facility and no person in actual
charge, management, or control of a public lodging facility, nor agent
thereof, shall advertise that any room or area is available at hourly
or other short-time rates of less than 24 hours.
(2135, 1989; 2802 § 1, 2011)
