Sec. 4-304. Certification of registration.
(a) Every lodging provider or third party facilitator operating in the Town shall obtain a certificate of registration as a tax collector from the Town Clerk no later than thirty (30) days after commencing such business.
(b) Application for certificate of registration shall be made to the Town Clerk upon forms furnished by the Town. Each application shall be signed and verified by the applicant or a properly accredited agent, which in the case of a corporation shall include the president, vice-president, the secretary, the treasurer or some other properly accredited agent acceptable to the Town Clerk. The application shall state:
(1) The name of the applicant and the address of the principal place of the business.
(2) The residence address of the principal officers and the manager.
(3) The applicant’s estimated receipts from renters’ use and privilege of renting, leasing, or subletting lodging services within the Town.
(4) Such other information as the Treasurer may reasonably require.
(c) Upon receipt of the application for a certificate of registration in proper form, and upon approval by the Town Clerk, a certificate of registration shall be issued. A certificate of registration will not be issued to any person who is in default to the Town for moneys due under this Article or any other Article of this Code.
(d) If the person so registered states that they operate other such places of business in the Town, the Town Clerk shall furnish him with a certificate of registration for each place of business.
(e) The certificate of registration shall be conspicuously displayed at the place of business which the person on so registered states in the application to be the principal place of business from which they engage in the business of providing lodging services in the Town.
(f) Information supplied on the application required by this Section shall be updated within thirty (30) days of any change or alteration thereof upon revision forms supplied by the Treasurer. (Ord. 1232 §1, 2016; Ord. 1276 §2, 2018)