Except where the context otherwise requires, the definitions given in this section govern the construction of this chapter.
A. “Hotel”
means any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended or designed for transient occupancy for 30 days or less for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, motel, inn, condominium, short term rental (STR), studio hotel, bachelor hotel, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, public or private dormitory, fraternity, sorority, public or private club, and also means space in mobile home or trailer parks (including recreational vehicle, tent trailer and tent camping parks), or similar structures or space or portions thereof so occupied, provided such occupancy is for less than a 30-day period.
B. “City council”
means the city council of the city of Brookings, Oregon.
C. “Occupancy”
means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, for lodging or sleeping purposes of any room or rooms in a transient lodging facility, or single-family residence registered with the city of Brookings as a short term rental (STR), or space in a mobile home or trailer park (including recreational vehicle, tent trailer and tent camping park), or portion thereof.
D. “Operator”
means the person who is the proprietor of a transient lodging facility in any capacity. Where the operator performs their functions through a managing agent of any type or character other than an employee, the managing agent shall also be deemed an operator for the purposes of this chapter and shall have the same duties and liabilities as their principal. Compliance with the provisions of this chapter by either the principal or the managing agent shall be considered to be compliance by both.
E. “Person”
means any individual, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, fraternity, sorority, public or private dormitory, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate or any other group or combination acting as a unit.
F. “Cash accounting”
means the operator does not enter the rent due from a transient on their records when the rent is earned, whether or not it is paid.
G. “Accrual accounting”
means the operator enters the rent due from a transient on their records when the rent is earned, whether or not it is paid.
H. “Rent”
means the consideration charged, whether or not received by the operator, for the occupancy of space in a transient lodging facility, valued in money, goods, labor, credits, property or other consideration valued in money, without any deduction, but shall not include charges to a transient lodging facility owner which are solely for cleaning or maintenance of such unit or personal use or occupancy by such owner, so long as the charges are made in connection therewith for space occupancy.
I. “Rent package plan”
means the consideration charged for both food and rent where a single rate is made for the total of both. The amount applicable to rent for determination of transient room tax under this chapter shall be the same charge made for rent when consideration is not a part of the package plan. The amount applicable for rent for determination of transient room tax under this chapter shall be that amount allocated to space rent, taking into consideration a reasonable value of other items in the rent package and taking into consideration charge for rent when the space is rented separately and not included in a package plan.
J. “Tax”
means the tax payable by the transient or the aggregate amount of taxes due from an operator during the period for which they are required to report their collections.
K. “Tax administrator”
means the financial administrator of the city of Brookings.
L. “Transient”
means any individual who exercised occupancy or is entitled to occupancy in a transient lodging facility for a period of 30 consecutive calendar days or less, counting portions of calendar days as full days. The day a transient checks out of the transient lodging facility shall not be included in determining the 30-day period if the transient is not charged rent for that day by the operator. Any individual so occupying space in a transient lodging facility shall be deemed to be a transient until the period of 30 days has expired unless there is an agreement in writing between the operator and the occupant providing for a longer period of occupancy, or the tenancy actually extends more than 30 consecutive days. In determining whether a person is a transient, uninterrupted periods of time extending both prior and subsequent to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter may be considered. A person who pays for lodging on a monthly basis, irrespective of the number of days in such month, shall not be deemed a transient.
M. “Transient lodging”1. 2.
means:
Hotel, motel, and inn dwelling units that are used for temporary (30 or fewer consecutive days) overnight human occupancy; and
Houses, cabins, condominiums, apartment units, and other dwelling units, or portions of any of these dwelling units, that are used for temporary (30 or fewer consecutive days) human occupancy.
N. “Transient lodging facility”
means a building used in part or in whole for transient lodging.
(Ord. 80-O-342 § 1; Ord. 93-O-342.B § 2; Ord. 26-O-818 § 3 (Exh. B))