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Section 5. Chapter 25, Section 4 of Ordinance No. 295-74 (EMC 5.100.040), which <br /> reads as follows: <br /> Hotel license fee. <br /> The license fee for keeping, conducting, maintaining or operating any hotel in the city <br /> shall be five dollars per year, and in addition thereto fifty cents per year for each room <br /> over six in any hotel. <br /> Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> Overnight lodging license fee. <br /> The license fee for keeping, conducting, maintaining or operating any overnight lodging <br /> facility in the city shall be one hundred dollars per year. <br /> Section 6. Chapter 25, Section 9 of Ordinance No. 295-74 (EMC 5.100.090), which <br /> reads as follows: <br /> Hotel register. <br /> Every person, firm or corporation to whom a hotel license shall have been issued under <br /> the provisions of this chapter shall at all times keep a standard hotel register in which <br /> shall be inscribed the names of all guests or persons renting, using or occupying rooms or <br /> quarters therein, in which register shall be written, the number of the room or rooms <br /> which guest or persons are to occupy, with the time when each room was rented and the <br /> same shall be signed by all persons using any room, rooms, space or quarters or by <br /> someone in his behalf and under his direction. After the name of each person so <br /> registered there shall be done before such person or persons are permitted to occupy or <br /> use such room or rooms. The register shall at all times be opened to the inspection of any <br /> person and it shall be preserved for a period of one year from date of such registration <br /> during which time such inspection shall be allowed when demanded. <br /> Be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: <br /> Record of guests. <br /> Every person to whom an overnight lodging license shall have been issued under the <br /> provisions of this chapter shall at all times keep a record of the arrival and departure of its <br /> guests in such a manner that the record will be maintained for at least one year from the <br /> date of departure. The record shall include the name, address and phone number of <br /> registered guests with corresponding room number for each lodging unit rented, or in the <br /> case of corporate, tour or other group bookings, the name, address and phone number of <br /> the person responsible for such booking and a rooming list of occupants and their <br /> assigned room numbers. Where there is reasonable suspicion of criminal conduct, or as <br /> otherwise allowed by law, the record shall be opened to the inspection of law <br /> enforcement personnel. <br /> 3 <br />