The following words and phrases, whenever used in this chapter, shall be construed as defined in this section:
A. "Bar" means an area which is devoted to serving alcoholic beverages and in which the service of food is only incidental to the consumption of such beverages.
B. "Electronic cigarette", also known as an e-cigarette, means an electronic and/or battery- powered device, the use of which may resemble smoking, which can be used to deliver an inhalable dose of nicotine, cannabis or other substances into the form of a vapor that is inhaled by the user. "Electronic cigarette" includes any such device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed or sold as an electronic cigarette, e-cigarette, an electronic vaping device, a personal vaporizer, an electronic nicotine delivery system ("ENDS"), an electronic cigar, an electronic cigarillo, an electronic pipe or any other product name or descriptor. "Electronic cigarette" shall include any refill, cartridge and any other component of an electronic cigarette.
C. "Employee" means any person who is employed by any employer for direct or indirect monetary wages, profit, or any other form of consideration.
D. "Employer" means any person, partnership, corporation, including municipal corporation, or other entity which employs the services of four or more persons.
E. "Enclosed facility" means any building or room within a building closed in by a roof and four walls with appropriate openings for ingress and egress but does not include areas commonly described as public lobbies.
F. "Motion picture theater" means any theater engaged in the business of exhibiting motion pictures.
G. "Service line" means an indoor line or area in which persons await service of any kind, regardless of whether or not such service involves the exchange of money or other consideration. Such service shall include, but is not limited to, sales, giving of information, directions, or advice and transfers of money or goods.
H. "Smoke" or "Smoking" means and includes any of the following: (1) the direct burning or indirect heating of any cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic cigarette, or any similar kind of smoking equipment or article using any form of tobacco, nicotine, weed, cannabis, plant product, or other combustible substance in any form, or (2) the holding or carrying of a lighted or operated cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic cigarette, or any other lighted smoking equipment or device, or (3) emitting or exhaling the smoke directly from a cigar, cigarette, pipe, electronic cigarette, or any other lighted smoking equipment or device. "Smoke" also means the gaseous or vaporous products or particles created by the use of a lighted or operated pipe, cigar, cigarette, electronic cigarette, or other kind of smoking equipment or article.
I. "Workplace" means any enclosed area of a structure or portion thereof occupied by a business entity and frequented by employees during the normal course of their employment and where clerical, professional, or business services of the business entity are performed or where other work is done at that location. Workplace includes, but is not limited to, spaces in office buildings, medical office waiting rooms, libraries, museums, hospitals and nursing homes, employee lounges, conference rooms and employee cafeterias. A private residence is not a workplace. (Ord. 4678 § 1 (part); March 18, 1986: Ord. 6312 § 2; November 25, 2014: Ord. 6591 § 1 (part); October 29, 2024.)