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The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Hotel or motel means a building or part of a building used or held out to the public as a place where five or more rooms or cottages are furnished with sleeping accommodations for a period of one day or more.
(Code 1986, § 12-136)
Cross reference— Definitions generally, § 1-2.