§ 4-297. General provisions.

(a)

A hotel is eligible to obtain a consumption on the premises only if the following requirements are met. The hotel must:

(1)

Be used and held out to the public as a place where food is served and consumed and sleeping accommodations are offered to guests for adequate pay;

(2)

Contain 50 or more rooms used for the sleeping accommodations of guests; and

(3)

Contain one or more public dining rooms, with adequate and sanitary full-service kitchen facilities.

(b)

A hotel may consist of a single building or may consist of two or more buildings located on the same premises and used in connection with the hotel operation.

(c)

A facility which is styled as a motel, motor lodge, inn, or other similar appellation may be licensed as a hotel if it meets the requirements of this section.

(d)

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, any hotel (as the term "hotel" is commonly used and without regard to the requirements of this section), inn, or other establishment which offers overnight accommodations to the public for hire, may provide "in-room service" of alcoholic beverages if such establishment:

(1)

Holds a valid city consumption on premises license; and

(2)

Has been authorized to provide in-room service by the state.

(e)

For the purposes of this section, the term "in-room service" consists of:

(1)

The delivery of alcoholic beverages in unbroken packages by an employee of the hotel to a registered guest's room or to a registered guest at any other location in the same building as the hotel when such alcoholic beverages have been ordered by the guest and when the guest shall be billed for the cost of such alcoholic beverages at the time of delivery and when the sale of such alcoholic beverages is completed at the time of delivery; and

(2)

The provision of a cabinet or other facility located in a hotel's guest room which contains alcoholic beverages and which is provided upon request of the guest and which is accessible by lock and key only to the guest and for which the sale of alcoholic beverages contained therein is final at the time requested except for a credit which may be given to the guest for any unused portion.

(f)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, in-room service of alcoholic beverages shall be subject to all restrictions and limitations in this chapter relative to the sale of alcoholic beverages. In-room service sales shall be authorized only on such days and only during such hours as indicated in section 4-232.

(g)

Distilled spirits sold pursuant to this section shall not be sold in packages containing less than 50 milliliters each.

(h)

All alcoholic beverages sold pursuant to this section shall be purchased from a licensed wholesale dealer and shall be subject to all taxes imposed under this chapter, including the excise tax on the retail sale of by the drink of alcoholic beverages containing distilled spirits.

( Ord. No. 15-03-236 , § 1, 3-16-2015; Ord. No. 17-05-316 , § 1, 5-15-2017)