3.30.080 Registration of operator – Form and contents – Execution – Certification of authority.
(1) Registration Required. Every person engaging in, or about to engage in, business as an operator of a hotel/sleeping facility in the city limits shall register with the administrator on a form provided by the administrator.
(2) Period for Registration.
(a) Operators engaged in business at the time this chapter is adopted must register within 30 calendar days from the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.
(b) Operators commencing business after this chapter is adopted must register within 15 calendar days after commencing business.
(c) The privilege of registering after the date of commencing business shall not relieve any person from the obligation of payment or collection of the transient lodging tax from the date of commencing business regardless of the date of registration.
(3) Information Required. The operator shall set forth on the registration form the name under which he or she transacts or intends to transact business, the location of the place or places of business, and such other information to facilitate the collection of the fee as the administrator may require. The operator shall sign the registration.
(4) Certification. The administrator shall use his or her best efforts to issue, within 10 days of receiving the registration form, a Certificate of Transient Occupancy Registration to the registrant to collect the fee from the occupant, together with a duplicate thereof for each additional place of business of each registrant.
(5) Contents of Certificate. At a minimum, the certificate shall state the following information:
(a) The name of the operator;
(b) The address of the hotel/sleeping facility;
(c) The date upon which the certificate was issued; and
(d) The following statement:
This Transient Occupancy Registration Certificate signifies that the person named on the face hereof has fulfilled the requirements of the city of Maupin Transient Lodging Tax Ordinance by registration with the administrator for the purpose of collecting from transients the lodging tax imposed by the city of Maupin and remitting said tax to the administrator. This certificate does not authorize any person to conduct any unlawful business or to conduct any lawful business or to conduct any lawful business in an unlawful manner, or to operate a hotel/sleeping facility without strictly complying with all state and local laws. This certificate does not constitute a permit.
(6) Display and Transfer of Certificate.
(a) Each certificate and duplicate shall be prominently displayed in the hotel/sleeping facility to which it is applicable so as to be seen and come to the notice readily of all occupants and persons seeking occupancy.
(b) No operator may assign or transfer the hotel/sleeping facilities certificate, but shall surrender it immediately to the administrator upon the cessation of business at the named location or upon its sale or transfer. [Ord. 295 § 8, 2013.]