2266 ORD PROVIDING CODE OF ORDINANCES BE AMENDED BY ADDING ARTICLE TO BE NUMBERED ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 28

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ORDINANCE NO. 2266 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY ADDING AN ARTICLE TO BE NUMBERED ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 28; PROVIDING FOR A HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $200. 00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF JANUARY l, 1976. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS: Section l. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be amended by adding an article to be numbered Article III of Chapter 28, to read as follows: "ARTICLE III, HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX Sec. 28 -10. Definitions. Zhe following words and phrases, as used in this article, shall be construed to have the meanings ascribed to them in this section: "Hotel" shall mean any building or buildings in which the public may, for a consideratinq obtain sleeping accom - modations. Such word shall include hotels, motels, tourist homes, houses or courts, lodging houses, inns, rooming houses, or other buildings where rooms are fur- nished for a consideration, but such word shall not be de- fined so as to include hospitals, sanitariums or nursing homes. "Consideration" shall mean the cost of the room in any such hotel only if the room is one ordinarily used for sleeping, and shall not include the cost of any food served or personal services rendered to the occupant of such room not related to the cleaning and readying of such room for occupancy. "Occupancy" shall mean the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room in a hotel if the room is one ordinarily used for sleeping and if the occupant's use, possession, or right to use or possession, extends for a period of less than thirty (30) days. "Occupant" shall mean anyone, who, for a considera - tion, uses, possesses, or has a right to use or possess, any room in a hotel if the room is one ordinarily used for sleeping. "Person" shall mean any individual, association or corporation owning, operating, managing or controlling any hotel.