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Shakopee council adopts hotel licensing ordinance; prohibits permanent residency by owners or staff in guest rooms
Summary
Following discussion and a text amendment, the City Council on May 6 adopted ordinance 02025-013 to create a hotel licensing program and to bar interested persons, employees, managers or contractors from permanently residing in hotel guest rooms.
The Shakopee City Council on May 6 adopted ordinance 02025-013, a new hotel-licensing ordinance, after clarifying language to prohibit permanent residency by owners, employees, managers or contractors in guest rooms.
Why it matters: the change is intended to distinguish lodging from dwelling units and to protect lodging-tax collection and related regulations by preventing long-term occupancy that would convert…
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