§ 21-1. Definitions.

(a) In general.

In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

(b) Gross amounts of money.

"Gross amounts of money" means the total gross payments of any kind or character (including cash, credit, property, and services), whether received in money or otherwise, without any deduction for charges or other amounts for any services necessary to complete the transaction.

"Hotel" means a building containing sleeping accommodations for more than 5 persons and open to the transient public.

(d) Owners or operators of hotels.

"Owners or operators of hotels" means any person:

(1) possessing or having an ownership interest in a hotel;

(2) engaged in the business of operating a hotel; or

(3) receiving any consideration for the rental of a hotel room for sleeping accommodations, including, without limitation, any broker, service provider, or other intermediary:

(i) with which a hotel has contracted to arrange for the rental of a hotel room for sleeping accommodations; or

(ii) that has acquired any hotel room for subsequent rental from the hotel for sleeping accommodations.

(e) Short-term residential rental (and related terms).

"Short-term residential rental" and related terms (such as "booking transaction", "dwelling unit", "host", "hosting platform", and "transient guest") have the respective meanings stated in City Code Article 15, Subtitle 48 {"Short-Term Residential Rentals"}.

(f) Transient guest or tenant.

"Transient guest or tenant" means a person or persons renting, using, or occupying a room or rooms for fewer than 90 consecutive days:

(1) in a hotel for sleeping accommodations; or

(2) in a dwelling unit for a short-term residential rental.