§ 62-303. Guest registration.

(a)

No person registering in a hotel shall do so or attempt to do so under any false name or identity. No person registering in a hotel shall present for the purpose of registration, false identification or any identification which misrepresents or fails to disclose the registrant's true identity.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the owner or operator of any hotel as defined in this chapter to keep, in a format chosen by the hotel sufficient to comply with the record keeping requirements set out in this Article, a register of persons accommodated in the hotel for the purpose of verifying registrants' identities. The register shall include, for all guest rooms and guest stays, either:

(1)

The name of the registrant, the type of official photo identification presented and any personal identification number contained thereupon, the registrant's permanent residence address, and the expected duration of the registrant's stay in such establishment; or, in the alternative,

(2)

Documentation that the person guaranteed payment using a valid credit card issued in the name of the registrant as provided by the registrant, which at the time of registration, was verified through the hotel's customary credit card verification procedures.

No owner or operator, or his employee, agent or representative shall knowingly write, cause to be written or permit to be written, in any register in any hotel any other or different name or designation than the true name of the person so registered therein.

(c)

The record or register shall be available at all times for inspection by any officer of the police department of the city, and shall be maintained by the hotel's owner for a period of two years.

(d)

Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $500.00.

(Ord. No. O-2007-008-04, § 1, 2-26-07)