[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Havre de Grace 5-2-1988 by Ord. No. 710. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Criminal sanctions — See Ch. 1, Art. I.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
HOTEL
A building or part thereof which has a common entrance and which contains seven or more living and sleeping rooms without individual food preparation areas associated with each living unit, designed to be occupied by individuals or groups of individuals for compensation.
MOTEL
A building, or group of buildings, whether detached or in connected units, used as individual sleeping or dwelling units, designed primarily for transient automobile travelers and provided with accessory off-street parking facilities. The term "motel" includes buildings designed as tourist courts, motor lodges and auto courts which shall not be construed to include mobile or immobile trailers or mobile homes.
ROOMING HOUSES
A building or part thereof which has a common entrance and which contains at least two but not more than six living and sleeping rooms without individual food preparation areas associated with each living unit, designed to be occupied or used by individuals or groups of individuals for compensation.
The owner, manager or proprietor of any of hotel, motel, or rooming house as defined in § 93-1 of this chapter shall obtain the following information from any person or persons registering for a hotel, motel or rooming house room:
A. 
Full name of the person registering verified through credit card, driver's license, military identification or other identifying material or document, and the full name of any other persons in the party with the registrant.
B. 
Permanent home address of the registrant verified through credit card, driver's license, military identification or other identifying material or document and the permanent home address of any other person in the registrant's party.
C. 
Description of any motor vehicle driven by the registrant or any other person in the registrant's party including license number and state of registration of said motor vehicle or motor vehicles.
D. 
Date and time arriving and departing.
A. 
The owner, manager or proprietor of any hotel, motel or rooming house shall maintain permanent written registration records containing the information required by § 93-2 of this chapter including the number of any identifying material or document, if any, produced by a registrant or any of other person in the registrants party for a period of three years.
B. 
The owner, manager or proprietor of any hotel, motel or rooming house shall provide and make available to bona fide police officers of the Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace, Maryland State Police, Harford County Sheriff's Office or any other bona fide law enforcement agency said registration records upon their request.
It shall be unlawful for the owner, manager or proprietor of any hotel, motel or rooming house to allow registration of any person in any hotel, motel or rooming house without obtaining the information set forth in § 93-2 of this chapter above.
Any person convicted of committing any unlawful act as provided in this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. If any unlawful act is continuing then each day during which such violation continues shall be considered a separate offense. In addition to any criminal penalty which may be imposed, all the provisions of this chapter may be enforced by a petition for injunction filed on behalf of the Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace.