A. “Hotel” means any public or private hotel, inn, hostelry, tourist home or house, motel, roominghouse or other lodging place within the city offering lodging, wherein the owner and operator thereof, for compensation, furnishes lodging to any transient as defined in subsection E of this section.

B. “Permanent resident” means any person who, as of a given date, has occupied or has had the right to occupy a room or rooms in a particular hotel, as defined in subsection A of this section, for the thirty consecutive days next preceding such date.

C. “Room rental” means the total charge made by any such hotel for lodging and/or lodging space furnished any such transient. If the charge made by such hotel to such transient includes any charge for services or accommodations in addition to that of lodging, and/or the use of lodging space, then such portion of the total charge as represents only room and/or lodging space rental shall be distinctly set out and billed on the transient by such hotel as a separate item.

D. “Tax collector” means the tax collector of the city of Bakersfield.

E. “Transient” means any person who, for any period of not more than thirty consecutive days, either at his or her own expense or at the expense of another, obtains lodging or the use of any lodging space in any hotel as defined in subsection A of this section, for which lodging or use of lodging space a charge is made. For purposes of this section only, “person” does not mean partnership, corporation or association of any nature whatsoever. (Ord. 4571 § 1, 2009; prior code § 6.12.010)