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(5) "Person"means any individual, firm, entity or representative. <br /> (6) "Rent" or"rental"means the consideration received for occupancy, valued in money, <br /> whether received in money or otherwise, including all receipts, cash, credits and property or <br /> services of any kind or nature. <br /> (7) "Short-term residential unit" means all or part of a dwelling within the City that is <br /> rented to individuals or families who occupy overnight accommodations for a period of less than <br /> thirty (30) days. (Amended, Ordinance No. 2023-24,April 17, 2023) <br /> Section 3. HOTEL USE LICENSE AND TAX. No person shall engage in the business <br /> or renting, leasing or letting rooms in a hotel or short-term residential unit in the City without an <br /> annual license first obtained from the City on forms as required by the City. The license fee for <br /> hotels shall be in the amount of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00). The license fee for short-term <br /> residential units shall be in the amount of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00). Any person operating a <br /> hotel or short-term residential unit in the City without a license or failing or omitting to pay said <br /> tax when due, or failing or omitting to collect, account for and pay over said tax shall, in addition <br /> to any other penalty provided herein, upon conviction be fined not less than Two Hundred Fifty <br /> Dollars ($250.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). (Amended, Ordinance No. <br /> 2016-83,November 21, 2016) (Amended, Ordinance No. 2023-24,April 17, 2023) <br /> Section 5. PAYMENT OF TAX. <br /> A. A sworn monthly return shall be filed with the Finance Department of the City for each <br /> hotel or short-term residential unit in the City on forms prescribed by the Finance Director showing <br /> all receipts from each renting, leasing or letting of rooms, which return shall be filed no later than <br /> the twentieth day of the month next succeeding the month for which the return is made, and shall <br /> be accompanied by payment of all taxes due and owing for the month covered by said return. If <br />