§ 297.65. Limitations on duration of occupancy.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to put up or stay at the same boutique hotel or hotel for longer than twenty-nine (29) days in a sixty (60) consecutive day period. It shall also be unlawful for the owner, operator, manager, or person in charge of a boutique hotel or hotel to permit or allow a person to stay at the hotel or motel in excess of twenty-nine (29) days in a sixty (60) consecutive day period. This section shall not apply to extended stay hotels as defined in [section] 297.10 of this chapter.

(b)

Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a stay in excess of twenty-nine (29) days in a sixty (60) day period may occur in the following situations:

(1)

Where there is a written contract between the boutique hotel or hotel and a governmental, charitable, or insurance agency to house families in crisis who are receiving temporary housing assistance from said governmental, chartable or insurance agency; a specific business entity for a business purpose which requires extended temporary occupancy, an individual whose purpose of hotel occupancy is not as a primary residence; or

(2)

Where there is a written contract between the boutique hotel or hotel for an onsite resident manager or employee to live at the hotel or motel.

(c)

It shall be unlawful for a boutique hotel or hotel owner, operator, manager or person in charge of a boutique hotel or hotel to permit an employee of the boutique hotel or hotel to live at the boutique hotel or hotel for more than twenty-nine (29) days in a consecutive sixty (60) day period unless the room occupied by the employee contains a kitchen separate from sanitary facilities equipped with a full-sized refrigerator, built-in stove, and microwave.

(d)

It shall be unlawful for an extended stay hotel owner, operator, manager, or person in charge of an extended stay hotel to allow guest stays longer than one hundred twenty (120) days in a one hundred fifty (150) consecutive day period in more than thirty (30) percent of the rooms except in circumstances where there is a written contract between the extended stay hotel and:

(1)

A governmental, charitable, or insurance agency to house families in crisis;

(2)

A relocation service as part of a business relocation;

(3)

A specific business entity for a business purpose which requires extended temporary occupancy; or

(4)

An individual whose purpose of hotel occupancy is not as a primary residence. ( 2015-Or-053 , § 6, 7-10-15)