§ 5.12.010. Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following definitions shall apply:

"Consideration" means the consideration charged, whether or not received, for the occupancy in a hotel valued in money whether to be received in money, goods, labor or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits, property and services of any kind or nature without any deduction therefrom whatsoever. Nothing in this definition shall be construed to imply that consideration is charged when the space provided to the person is complimentary from the operator and no consideration is charged to or received from any person.

"Hotel" means any structure, or any portion of any structure, which is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes within the area of the jurisdiction of the metropolitan government, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist court, tourist camp, tourist cabin, motel or any place in which rooms, lodgings or accommodations are furnished to transients for a consideration.

"Large hotel" means a hotel with at least one thousand rooms adjacent to or operated in connection with exhibition hall space of at least one hundred thousand square feet.

"Metropolitan government" means the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County.

"New rooms" means any rooms of a large hotel which first become available for occupancy by transients on or after January 1, 1994.

"Occupancy" means the use or possession or the right to the use or possession, of any room, lodgings or accommodations in a hotel for a period of less than thirty continuous days.

"Operator" means the person operating the hotel whether as owner, lessee or otherwise.

"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, social club, fraternal organization, joint stock company, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, trustee, syndicate or any other group or combination acting as a unit.

"Premier tourist destination area" means a geographical area of the metropolitan government that contains a large hotel, a theme park, golf courses, water theme parks, entertainment complexes, restaurants and other tourist-related activities and businesses.

"Tax collection official" means the metropolitan department of finance or its designate or the county clerk.

"Tourism" means the planning and conducting of programs of information and publicity designed to attract to the area within the jurisdiction of the metropolitan government tourists, visitors and other interested persons from outside the area and also encourage and coordinate the efforts of other public and private organizations or groups of citizens to publicize the facilities and attractions of the area for the same purposes. It also means acquisition, construction and remodeling of facilities useful in the attraction and promoting of tourist, conventions and recreational business.

"Tourist commission" means a seven-person body established subject to the same local organic law as other boards and commissions established by the Charter of the metropolitan government.

"Transient" means any person who exercises occupancy or is entitled to occupancy for any rooms, lodgings or accommodations in a hotel for a period of less than thirty days.

(Ord. 96-166 § 1, 1996; Ord. 93-845 § 1, 1993; prior code § 15-1-45)