[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of New Berlin 10-10-2000
by Ord. No. 2124 as Secs. 9.30 and 9.35 of the Municipal
Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
Every owner, keeper, proprietor or agent of any lodging house, rooming
house, motel, hotel, inn or other transient lodging facility shall keep a
register wherein all guests, roomers or lodgers shall inscribe their names
and permanent address upon procuring lodging, a room or accommodations. The
owner, keeper, proprietor or agent shall also inscribe the room number occupied
and the date and time of registration and checkout.
Said owner, keeper, proprietor or agent shall request identification
of any guest, roomer or lodger paying in cash, at the time of registration.
Such identification shall be in a valid and current form showing the person's
name, date of birth, and may be, but is not limited to, a driver's license,
state-issued picture identification card, or such other form as will reasonably
assure that the registrant is, in fact, the person under whose name such lodging
room or accommodation is being procured. A photocopy of such identification
shall be maintained or the identifying information transposed into the registration
record. For any guest, roomer or lodger taking occupancy through a prearranged
reservation in the name of a corporation, business, association or any other
entity, the owner, keeper or proprietor shall request identification of the
specific guest, roomer or lodger at the time of registration as will reasonably
assure such person to be the person for whom the lodging, room or accommodations
have been procured. Said owner, keeper or proprietor shall verify the credit
card signature of each guest, roomer or lodger making payment by way of credit
card, with the signature inscribed upon the hotel register.
No person may knowingly procure or provide lodging from a rooming house,
motel, hotel, inn or other transient lodging facility, or any services therefrom,
through misrepresentation or production of false identification, or identification
which misrepresents the identity of the person procuring or sharing in such
lodging or service. No person may knowingly give, or cause to be given, an
incorrect name, address, date of birth, or license plate number to any owner,
keeper, proprietor or agent of any establishment required to maintain records
under this chapter.
Records required to be maintained in accordance with §§ 250-1, 250-2 and 250-3 of this chapter, together with vehicle registration information, records of telephone calls and other billing records, when maintained by the establishment in the ordinary course of business, shall be provided to any officer of the City of New Berlin Police Department upon demand and representation that a reasonable suspicion exists that such information is relevant to a then-pending inquiry or investigation. Nothing in this requirement shall be construed as giving any such officer any greater right or license to enter a room or invade privacy than the officer shall otherwise possess.
Records required to be kept in accordance with this chapter shall be
retained for one year after the date the last entry is recorded.
