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509.013  Definitions.--As used in this chapter, the term:

(1)  "Division" means the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

(2)  "Operator" means the owner, licensee, proprietor, lessee, manager, assistant manager, or appointed agent of a public lodging establishment or public food service establishment.

(3)  "Guest" means any patron, customer, tenant, lodger, boarder, or occupant of a public lodging establishment or public food service establishment.

(4)(a)  "Public lodging establishment" means any unit, group of units, dwelling, building, or group of buildings within a single complex of buildings, which is rented to guests more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than 30 days or 1 calendar month, whichever is less, or which is advertised or held out to the public as a place regularly rented to guests. License classifications of public lodging establishments, and the definitions therefor, are set out in s. 509.242. For the purpose of licensure, the term does not include condominium common elements as defined in s. 718.103.

(b)  The following are excluded from the definition in paragraph (a):

1.  Any dormitory or other living or sleeping facility maintained by a public or private school, college, or university for the use of students, faculty, or visitors;

2.  Any hospital, nursing home, sanitarium, assisted living facility, or other similar place;

3.  Any place renting four rental units or less, unless the rental units are advertised or held out to the public to be places that are regularly rented to transients;

4.  Any unit or group of units in a condominium, cooperative, or timeshare plan and any individually or collectively owned one-family, two-family, three-family, or four-family dwelling house or dwelling unit that is rented for periods of at least 30 days or 1 calendar month, whichever is less, and that is not advertised or held out to the public as a place regularly rented for periods of less than 1 calendar month, provided that no more than four rental units within a single complex of buildings are available for rent;

5.  Any migrant labor camp or residential migrant housing permitted by the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services; under ss. 381.008-381.00895; and

6.  Any establishment inspected by the ¹Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services and regulated by chapter 513.

(5)(a)  "Public food service establishment" means any building, vehicle, place, or structure, or any room or division in a building, vehicle, place, or structure where food is prepared, served, or sold for immediate consumption on or in the vicinity of the premises; called for or taken out by customers; or prepared prior to being delivered to another location for consumption.

(b)  The following are excluded from the definition in paragraph (a):

1.  Any place maintained and operated by a public or private school, college, or university:

a.  For the use of students and faculty; or

b.  Temporarily to serve such events as fairs, carnivals, and athletic contests.

2.  Any eating place maintained and operated by a church or a religious, nonprofit fraternal, or nonprofit civic organization:

a.  For the use of members and associates; or

b.  Temporarily to serve such events as fairs, carnivals, or athletic contests.

3.  Any eating place located on an airplane, train, bus, or watercraft which is a common carrier.

4.  Any eating place maintained by a hospital, nursing home, sanitarium, assisted living facility, adult day care center, or other similar place that is regulated under s. 381.0072.

5.  Any place of business issued a permit or inspected by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services under s. 500.12.

6.  Any place of business where the food available for consumption is limited to ice, beverages with or without garnishment, popcorn, or prepackaged items sold without additions or preparation.

7.  Any theater, if the primary use is as a theater and if patron service is limited to food items customarily served to the admittees of theaters.

8.  Any vending machine that dispenses any food or beverages other than potentially hazardous foods, as defined by division rule.

9.  Any vending machine that dispenses potentially hazardous food and which is located in a facility regulated under s. 381.0072.

10.  Any research and development test kitchen limited to the use of employees and which is not open to the general public.

(6)  "Director" means the Director of the Division of Hotels and Restaurants of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.

(7)  "Single complex of buildings" means all buildings or structures that are owned, managed, controlled, or operated under one business name and are situated on the same tract or plot of land that is not separated by a public street or highway.

(8)  "Temporary food service event" means any event of 30 days or less in duration where food is prepared, served, or sold to the general public.

(9)  "Theme park or entertainment complex" means a complex comprised of at least 25 contiguous acres owned and controlled by the same business entity and which contains permanent exhibitions and a variety of recreational activities and has a minimum of 1 million visitors annually.

(10)  "Transient establishment" means any public lodging establishment that is rented or leased to guests by an operator whose intention is that such guests' occupancy will be temporary.

(11)  "Transient occupancy" means occupancy when it is the intention of the parties that the occupancy will be temporary. There is a rebuttable presumption that, when the dwelling unit occupied is the sole residence of the guest, the occupancy is nontransient. There is a rebuttable presumption that, when the dwelling unit occupied is not the sole residence of the guest, the occupancy is transient.

(12)  "Transient" means a guest in transient occupancy.

History.--s. 1, ch. 73-325; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 1, ch. 77-457; ss. 1, 39, 42, ch. 79-240; ss. 3, 4, ch. 81-161; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; s. 2, ch. 83-241; s. 3, ch. 87-117; s. 31, ch. 88-90; s. 2, ch. 88-275; ss. 2, 51, 52, ch. 90-339; s. 1, ch. 91-40; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 21, ch. 92-180; s. 1, ch. 93-53; s. 14, ch. 93-133; s. 36, ch. 94-180; s. 202, ch. 94-218; s. 42, ch. 95-210; s. 3, ch. 95-314; s. 2, ch. 96-384.

¹Note.--The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services was redesignated as the Department of Children and Family Services by s. 5, ch. 96-403, and the Department of Health was created by s. 8, ch. 96-403.