Lodging establishments include all hotels, motels, inns, bed and breakfast homes, bed and breakfast inns, and other places providing lodging accommodations for pay. Inspections are performed once per year for Bed and Breakfast Homes and twice per year for hotels/motels and Bed and Breakfast Inns. Each facility with a grade posted of either A, B, or C.

Inspections are performed to ensure the proper sanitation of the establishment. During an inspection, the Environmental Health Specialist will check several items. These include, but are not limited to, room condition and cleanliness, proper lighting and hot water temperatures, cleanliness of ice buckets, pest presence, and proper waste disposal and furniture condition. In addition, for those establishments providing a continental breakfast, we ensure that the proper food safety guidelines are being followed and that establishments that are preparing food have a food service permit.

Current lodging establishment inspection reports can be found: Chatham County Sanitation Scores

The Environmental Health Division can be reached from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at (919) 542-8208.