§ 17-156. Registration of guests.  


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  • The owner, proprietor, manager or other person in charge of any hotel, motel, lodginghouse, roominghouse or other place where transients are accommodated shall, at all times, keep a standard hotel register in which shall be written the names of all the guests or persons renting or occupying rooms in such house, which register shall be signed by the person renting a room or by someone under his direction. After such registration has been made, the manager of the house or his agent shall write the number of the room such guest or person is to occupy, together with the time when such room is rented so as to identify the room occupied by the person registering. All of the foregoing shall be done before any guest is permitted to occupy a room. Such register shall be at all times open to inspection by any guest of the house wherein such register is kept and by any executive, administrative or peace officer of the city.

(Ord. No. 17-03, § 1, 2-13-17)