Effective: September 12, 2008
Latest Legislation: Senate Bill 237 - 127th General Assembly
(A) Transient hotels may offer extended stay temporary residence guest accommodations within any dwelling units or transient sleeping room with dwelling unit features within the structure if such units or sleeping rooms are specifically constructed and approved as also being dwelling units with provisions for living, eating, cooking, sanitation, and sleeping. A transient or extended stay guestroom shall be approved through a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the building official having jurisdiction. The certificate shall indicate the specific guestrooms within the structure that can be used as dwelling units and such dwelling units shall be approved by the state fire marshal for extended stay temporary residence purposes. A transient hotel also may allow a guest to stay in a transient sleeping room for a continuous period of two hundred seventy days or less if the transient hotel satisfies the requirements specified in section 3731.041 of the Revised Code.
(B) Extended stay hotels may offer transient guest accommodations for less than thirty days within any dwelling units or other rooms within the structure if such dwelling units or rooms are specifically constructed and approved as also being transient sleeping rooms. Such transient sleeping rooms shall be approved, through a valid certificate of occupancy issued by the building official having jurisdiction, that indicates the specific rooms within the structure that can be used as transient sleeping rooms and such transient sleeping rooms shall be approved by the state fire marshal for transient stay purposes.
(C) All of the requirements for the construction and operation of transient hotels and extended stay hotels, including the provisions applicable to transient sleeping rooms and temporary residence dwelling units, apply to hotels as defined in division (A)(1) of section 3731.01 of the Revised Code with a total number of guestrooms, including transient sleeping rooms or extended stay dwelling units, that is greater than five, but do not apply to residential hotels as defined in division (A)(4) of that section.
Structure Ohio Revised Code
Title 37 | Health-Safety-Morals
Section 3731.01 | Hotel Definitions.
Section 3731.02 | Fire Marshal Rules and Enforcement - Building Code Standards for Sro Facilities.
Section 3731.03 | License Required for Hotel or Sro Facility.
Section 3731.04 | Types of Accommodations Offered by Hotels.
Section 3731.041 | Extended Stay in Transient Hotel - Fire Alarm and Detection System.
Section 3731.05 | Inspections by Fire Marshal - Alterations or Changes to Achieve Compliance.
Section 3731.06 | Suspension or Revocation of License Upon Notice and Hearing - Appeal.
Section 3731.07 | Enforcement Actions - Citations.
Section 3731.08 | Failure or Refusal to Comply.
Section 3731.09 | Sanitary Requirements.
Section 3731.10 | Plumbing, Lighting, and Ventilation.
Section 3731.11 | Bathroom and Restroom Facilities.
Section 3731.12 | Beds and Bedding.
Section 3731.13 | Bedding, Floors, and Carpets Must Be Kept Sanitary.
Section 3731.15 | Separate Sleeping and Bath Areas - Cooking Facilities.
Section 3731.16 | Posting of Hotel Rates.
Section 3731.20 | Gifts to Officials Prohibited.