As used in ORS 699.005 to 699.060:
- (1) “Facility fee” means a fee for amenities or services generally accessible to all guests of a hotel or inn without special request by a guest, that is charged to all guests regardless of use of those amenities or services.
- (2) “Hotel” or “inn” means a property, however owned and including a condominium under ORS chapter 100, in which rooms or suites of rooms generally are rented as transient lodgings and not as principal residences.
- (3) “Hotelkeeper” or “innkeeper” means the sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or other business entity that manages, rents or operates a hotel or inn. “Hotelkeeper” or “innkeeper” includes the officers and employees of the business entity.
(4) “Transient lodging” means a room or suite of rooms that is not occupied as a principal residence:
- (a) By persons for periods of less than 30 consecutive days; or
- (b) With which the services normally offered by hotels, including but not limited to daily or bidaily maid and linen service, a front desk and a telephone switchboard, are provided, regardless of the length of occupancy of a person.
[1979 c.125 §2; 1979 c.856 §6; 2017 c.213 §3]