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For the purpose of this chapter, unless otherwise expressly stated, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

A. Guestroom” means a sleeping room in a hotel/motel designed and intended to be used as lodging for transient visitors to the City as documented by the City Building Official or his designee;

B. Hotel/motel” means any building or group of buildings comprised of six or more guestrooms or suites of rooms, where a majority of such rooms are occupied, intended or designed for occupancy by guests for temporary lodging or sleeping purposes for less than 30 consecutive calendar days, and is held out as such to the public (not including hospitals, residential facilities, qualified employee housing, boarding or lodging house or single room occupancy residences);

C. Residential rental unit” means an apartment house, single room occupancy residence, boarding or lodging house, or dwelling that is not owner occupied;

D. Single room occupancy residence (SRO)” means a rooming unit or efficiency living unit located in a building containing six or more dwelling units that are offered for occupancy by residential tenants for at least 30 consecutive days. Kitchen and bathroom facilities may be wholly or partially included in each living space or may be fully shared;

E. Toilet room” means a room that can be made private by locking a door that contains a toilet and shall comply in all ways with the California Building Codes in effect upon its construction. Toilet rooms may also contain lavatories, bathtubs or showers;

F. Transient” as defined in CVMC 3.40.020. (Ord. 3443 § 2(A), 2018; Ord. 3041 § 1, 2006).