Lodging Inspections

Benton County currently has approximately 20 lodging establishments. These establishments are inspected annually with follow-up inspections as needed. A lodging establishment is defined as follows: Any building, group of buildings, structure, facility, place or places of business where five or more guest rooms are provided, which is owned, maintained, advertised or held out to the public for hire that can be construed to be a hotel, motel, motor hotel, apartment hotel, tourist court, resort, cabins, tourist home, bunkhouse, dormitory, or another similar place by whatever name called, and includes all such accommodations operated for hire as lodging establishments for either transient guests, permanent guests, or both transient and permanent guests. 19 CSR 20-3.050