47 Pa. Stat. § 744-1001

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92

Section 744-1001 - Definitions

The word "hotel", as used in this act, shall mean any reputable place operated by a responsible person of good reputation, where the public may, for a consideration, obtain sleeping accommodations; at least one-half of the required number of bedrooms shall be regularly available to transient guests seven days weekly, except in resort areas; at least one-third of such bedrooms shall be equipped with hot and cold water, a lavatory, commode, bathtub or shower, and a clothes closet; and an additional one-third of the total of such required rooms shall be equipped with lavatory and commode--

(a) In municipalities having a population of less than three thousand, shall have at least twelve permanent bedrooms for the use of guests;

(b) In municipalities having a population of three thousand and more but less than ten thousand inhabitants, shall have at least sixteen permanent bedrooms for the use of guests;

(c) In municipalities having a population of ten thousand and more but less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants, shall have at least thirty permanent bedrooms for the use of guests;

(d) In municipalities having a population of twenty-five thousand and more but less than one hundred thousand inhabitants, shall have at least forty permanent bedrooms for the use of guests; and

(e) In municipalities having a population of one hundred thousand or more inhabitants, shall have at least fifty permanent bedrooms for the use of guests.

All such hotels shall have a public dining room or rooms, operated by the same management, accommodating at least thirty persons at one time, and a kitchen apart from the dining room or rooms in which food is regularly prepared for the public.

The word "person" shall mean every natural person, association or corporation.

The word "municipality" shall mean any city, borough, incorporated town, or township.

The term "bedrooms" shall mean bedrooms each of which shall have an area of not less than eighty square feet and an outside window.

47 P.S. § 744-1001

1939, June 24, P.L. 806, § 1. Amended 1949, May 9, P.L. 964, § 1.