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Hotel owners urge council to relax 180‑day occupancy limit in commercial lodging code
Summary
Owners/operators of local hotels asked the council to reconsider a commercial indoor lodging code provision that limits occupancy to 180 days per guest, citing low average occupancy and long-term stays during emergencies.
A hotel-owner representative addressed the Delavan Common Council during the public-comment period to urge revision of the city’s commercial indoor lodging code, which the speaker said limits individual occupancy to 180 days in a 365‑day period. The speaker represented multiple local hotels (identified in the remarks as Baymont, Super 8, Comfort Inn and Evergreen Motel) and said average occupancy across the year is about 55 percent and that the code’s limit prevents hotels from offering longer stays during downtimes or emergency situations.
Why it matters: the lodging code's occupancy…
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