§ 16A-14. Definitions.

In this article, the following words, terms, and phrases are, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning, defined as follows:

Chief financial officer shall mean the chief financial officer of the City of Irving or his/her designated representative.

City shall mean the City of Irving, Texas.

Consideration shall mean the cost of a room in a hotel used for sleeping, and shall not include the cost of any food served or personal services rendered to the occupant of such room not related to the cleaning and readying of such room for occupancy.

Hotel shall mean any building or buildings in which the public may, for a consideration, obtain sleeping accommodations. The term shall include hotels, motels, tourist homes, houses or courts, lodging houses, inns, rooming houses, or other buildings where rooms are furnished for a consideration, but "hotel" shall not be defined so as to include hospitals, sanitariums, or nursing homes.

Occupancy shall mean the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room in a hotel if the room is one ordinarily used for sleeping and if the occupant's use, possession, or right to use or possession extends for a period of less than thirty (30) days.

Occupant shall mean anyone who for a consideration uses, possesses, or has a right to use or possess any room in a hotel if the room is one ordinarily used for sleeping.

Permanent resident shall mean any occupant who has or shall have the right to occupy any room or rooms or sleeping space or facility in a hotel for at least thirty (30) consecutive days during the current calendar year or preceding year, so long as there is no interruption in payment for the period.

Person shall mean any individual, partnership, trust, company, corporation, association, or other entity.

Project fund shall mean the "Venue Project Fund" created pursuant to the resolution.

Quarterly period shall mean a calendar quarter of the year; the first quarter is October, November, and December; the second quarter is January, February, and March; the third quarter is April, May, and June; and the fourth quarter is July, August, and September.

Resolution shall mean the resolution adopted by the city council on March 13, 2008, establishing the Venue Project Fund.

(Ord. No. 8930, § 1, 3-13-08)