Roseville reviews draft hotel‑licensing ordinance; refers it back to staff for revision

City Manager Mr. Trejgan presented a draft lodging‑establishment licensing ordinance and urged the City Council to provide direction before final action. The ordinance uses recently enacted state authority to allow municipalities to require lodging establishments to obtain a municipal license and comply with state and local laws as a condition of that license, staff said.

Trejgan told the council that repeated nuisance and emergency calls at a small number of hotels — three of 12 hotels produced double‑digit monthly calls in 2021 while the others averaged about three calls per month — have tied up police and fire resources and motivated the proposal. He cited prior criminal incidents and public‑safety concerns and said the aim is not to close hotels but to require basic, safe standards for guests.

The draft would define "interested persons" (on‑site managers, owners/operators or anyone with a 5% ownership interest), require listing those individuals on applications, run criminal background checks for them, and allow initial and renewal inspections.…