As used in this chapter the following terms, unless the context otherwise dictates, shall have the following meanings:

"Agreement" means the interlocal cooperation agreement between the city of Yakima, the city of Union Gap, the city of Selah and Yakima County for the establishment of a Yakima County tourism promotion area by the city of Yakima as authorized by RCW 35.101.040(2).

"Annual budget" means the Yakima County tourism promotion area budget for a fiscal year, as adopted or amended by the city council of the city of Yakima, after the receipt of a recommendation from the Yakima hotel and motel commission, identifying all estimated revenue from tourism promotion charges for the fiscal year, and providing for all proposed uses of tourism promotion charge revenue for the purpose of providing tourism promotion in Yakima County for the ensuing fiscal year.

"Lodging business" means business located within the Yakima County tourism promotion area that furnishes lodging taxable by the state under RCW Chapter 82.08 and that is classified as a hotel or motel with forty or more lodging units. Reasonable vehicle parks and campgrounds are not included.

"Operator" means the operator of a lodging business, whether in the capacity of owner, general manager, lessee, sub-lessee, mortgagee in possession, licensee, designee, or any other similar capacity.

The "promotion of tourism and convention business" means activities and expenditures designed to increase tourism and convention business, including but not limited to, advertising, publicizing, or otherwise distributing information for the purpose of attracting and welcoming tourists to the city of Yakima, the city of Selah, the city of Union Gap, and the unincorporated areas of Yakima County.

"Tourism promotion charge" means the charge imposed by the city of Yakima on the furnishing of lodging by a lodging business within the Yakima County tourism promotion area for the purpose of providing for funding of the promotion of convention and tourism business, under the authority of RCW 35.101.050, in Yakima County.

"Yakima County tourism promotion area" means the tourism promotion area with boundaries that include the city of Yakima, the city of Selah, the city of Union Gap, and the unincorporated areas of Yakima County and which was established by the ordinance of the city council of the city of Yakima pursuant to the authority of RCW Chapter 35.101 as authorized by the resolutions of the city council of the city of Yakima, the city council of the city of Union Gap, the city council of the city of Selah, and the county commissioners of Yakima County adopting the terms of the agreement.

"Yakima hotel and motel commission" means the Yakima hotel and motel commission, established by the city of Yakima, whose members are appointed by the county commissioners of Yakima County, the city council of the city of Yakima, the city council of the city of Union Gap, and the city council of the city of Selah to provide recommendations to the city council of the city of Yakima on proposed uses and projects of the Yakima County tourism promotion area.

"Zone" or "zones" means the distinct geographic subarea or subareas within the Yakima County tourism promotion area as established by ordinance of the city council of the city of Yakima. (Ord. 2004-17 § 1 (part), 2004).