For the purpose of this chapter certain terms, phrases, words
and their derivatives shall be construed as specified in this section.
"Guest"
means any person hiring or occupying, on a temporary or transient
basis, a room, or portion thereof, for sleeping purposes. It does
not include a person who rents a house or apartment as a permanent
place to reside.
"Hotel, motel, auto court and/or place used or intended to be
used by guests for sleeping purposes"
means any building or group of buildings containing rooms
intended or designed to be used or which are used, rented or hired
out to be occupied, or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by
guests, whether rent is paid in money, goods, labor or otherwise.
It does not include any jail, hospital, asylum, sanitarium, orphanage,
rest home, prison, detention home or other institution in which human
beings are housed and detained under legal restraint.
(Prior code § 5-119)
Every person who owns or operates a hotel, motel, auto court and/or place used or intended to be used by guests for sleeping purposes or who is employed as a manager, desk clerk or person in charge of the desk or office at a hotel, motel, auto court and/or place used or intended to be used by guests for sleeping purposes shall make available for inspection and show upon request the guest register, required to be kept by Section
5.44.020, to any peace officer of the State of California.
(Prior code § 5-121)