(a) “City” means the City of Kenai.

(b) “Guest” means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association paying or agreeing to pay monetary consideration for the use of a room or rooms in a hotel/motel or other commercial sleeping accommodations.

(c) “Hotel/Motel” means a structure or portion of a structure which is occupied or intended and designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging or sleeping purposes and includes hotel, motel, bed and breakfast, inn or similar structure, but excludes a structure or part of a structure rented, or offered for rent solely in connection with a principal business or institutional purpose other than providing meals, lodging, entertainment or recreation; for example, a hospital or university dormitory.

(d) “Operator” means a person and/or entity who furnishes, offers for rent or otherwise makes available rooms in the City in a hotel/motel for monetary consideration whether acting directly or through an agent or employee.

(e) “Rents” means the amount paid as monetary consideration for the use of a room or rooms in a hotel/motel or other commercial sleeping accommodations.

(f) “Transient” is a person who occupies or rents a suite, room or rooms in a hotel/motel for fewer than thirty (30) consecutive days.