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ORDINANCE NO. 04 - 08
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF DUBLIN
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AMENDING CHAPTER 5.40 OF THE DUBLIN MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO HOTEL REGISTRATION
The City Council of the City of Dublin does hereby ordain as follows:
Section 1. Chapter 5.40 of the Dublin Municipal Code is revised as follows, with deletions
indicated in strikethrough and additions indicated in underline:
5.40.010 Registration required.
All hotels, motels, lodging houses, rooming houses and other places or establishments in the City
where living rooms or sleeping accommodations are rented shall keep a register in which shall be entered
in a legible fashion, the following information: the true names and residence addresses of all persons to be
accommodated, the make, type and license number of any automobile, trailer or other vehicle and the
state in which such vehicle or vehicles is, or are, registered and the year of registration. The register shall
show the day, month and year when such information was entered, and the room or rooms to be occupied
by such persons. It shall be unlawful for any owner, proprietor or lessee of a hotel, motel, lodging house,
rooming house or other place or establishment in the City where living rooms or sleeping
accommodations are rented, to refuse or neglect to comply with the requirements hereinbefore set forth.
5.40.020 Identification required.
The person providing the accommodations as specified in Section 5.40.010 shall require identification
to be presented upon registration sufficient to confirm the identities of the person to be accommodated,
and shall set forth in the register the type of identification so presented.
5.40.030 Register-Period of retention.
Such register shall be kept for a period of not less than two years by the person providing the
accommodations as specified in Section 5.40.010.
5.40.040 Register-Inspection.
Such register shall at all times be open for inspection by the Chief of Police or his/her authorized
representative.
5.40.050 False information prohibited.
It is unlawful for any guest, roomer, or lodger in any place specified in Section 5.40.010 to use or allow
the use of any name other than his true name in so registering.
5.40.060 Posting regulations.
A copy of Sections 5.40.010 through 5.40.050 shall be posted in a conspicuous place in each place
specified in Section 5.40.010.
Section 2. Severability. The provisions of this Ordinance are severable and if any provision,
clause, sentence, word or part thereof is held illegal, invalid, unconstitutional, or inapplicable to any
person or circumstances, such illegality, invalidity, unconstitutionality, or inapplicability shall not affect
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or impair any of the remaining provisions, clauses, sentences, sections, words or parts thereof of the
ordinance or their applicability to other persons or circumstances.
Section 3. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect and be enforced thirty (30) days
following its adoption.
Section 4. Posting. The City Clerk of the City of Dublin shall cause this Ordinance to be
posted in at least three (3) public places in the City of Dublin in accordance with Section 36933 of the
Government Code of the State of California.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of February, 2008, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Hildenbrand, Oravetz, Sbranti and Scholz, and Mayor Lockhart
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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Deputy City Clerk
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