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Ordinance amending Sec. 7.60.010 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code related to disorderly conduct and fraudulent renters of hotels
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The Common Council of the City of Wauwatosa do hereby ordain as follows:
Part I. The “Written Register” portion of the “Hotel Registration and Security” subsection of the Wauwatosa Code Section 7.60.010 of the Wauwatosa Municipal Cody is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows:
1. Every owner, keeper or proprietor of any lodging house, rooming house, motel or hotel shall keep a register wherein all guests, roomers or lodgers shall inscribe their names and permanent address upon their procuring lodging, a room or accommodations. The owner, keeper or proprietor shall require identification of any guest, roomer or lodger at the time of registration, and in a valid and current format showing the person's name, date of birth and address, and may be, but is not limited to, a driver's license, state-issued picture identification card, or such other form as will reasonably assure that the registrant is, in fact, the person under whose name such lodging, room or accommodation is, in fact, being procured, and shall maintain a photo or digital copy of such identification. For any guest, roomer or lodger taking occupancy through a prearranged reservation in the name of a corporation, business, association or any other entity, the owner, keeper or proprietor shall request identification of the specific guest, roomer or lodger at the time of registration as will reasonably assure such person to be the person for whom the lodging, room or accommodations have been procured.
2. Before furnishing any lodging for hire to any person in any lodging house, or before furnishing any accommodations to any guest of any motel or hotel, the proprietor, manager or owner thereof shall require the person to whom such lodgings are furnished, or room is rented or accommodations furnished, to inscribe his or her name and permanent address in such register, kept for that purpose as heretobefore provided, and shall set opposite the name the time that said name was so inscribed and the room occupied by such lodger, roomer or guest.
3. Any guest, roomer or lodger required to provide identification under sub. (1) shall be presumed liable for any violations of the Wauwatosa Municipal Code that occur in such lodging, room or accommodation.
Part II. This ordinance shall become effective on and after its date of passage and publication.
By: Government Affairs Committee
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Recommendation: Adopt 8-0