CHAPTER 6.20
HOTEL, MOTEL REGISTRATION
SECTION:
6.20.030: Inspection Of Records
6.20.040: Failure To Use True Name
6.20.010 DEFINITIONS:
All places wherein lodgings are provided, or wherein spaces for accommodations are provided for the parking or placing of automobiles or trailers used for habitation shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter. This includes, but is not limited to, auto courts, motels, trailer courts, resorts, rooming houses, and lodging houses. (1972 Code § 9.26.010)
6.20.020 KEEPING OF REGISTER:
The keeper, manager, or operator of any of the establishments described in this chapter must keep a register containing the name and address of each guest, including therein the name and address of each member of the party of such guest; the make, type and license number of the automobile and/or trailer, if any, the state of registry and year of registration; and a description of the accommodations furnished or space rented. (1972 Code § 9.26.020)
6.20.030 INSPECTION OF RECORDS:
The operator, manager, or other person in charge of any establishment described in this chapter must exhibit the register referred to and described in section 6.20.020 of this chapter to the chief of police or any officer thereof immediately upon request. (1972 Code § 9.26.040)
6.20.040 FAILURE TO USE TRUE NAME:
It is unlawful to write, or cause to be written, or knowingly permit to be written in any register in any hotel, lodging house, rooming house, auto court, trailer court, or any other place whatsoever where transients are accommodated in the city, any other or different name or designation than the true name of the person registered therein or the name by which such person is generally known. (1972 Code § 9.26.030)