§ 94.02 DEFINITIONS.
   Unless the context shall clearly indicate some other meaning, the terms defined in this section shall, for all purposes of this article and other documents herein referenced, have the meanings herein specified. Definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of any of the terms herein defined
   BAR. An establishment that is devoted to the serving of alcoholic beverages for consumption by guests on the premises and in which the serving of food is only incidental to the consumption of those beverages, including but not limited to, taverns, nightclubs, cocktail lounges, and cabarets.
   BUSINESS. A sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business entity, either for-profit or not-for-profit, including retail establishments where goods or services are offered for sale; professional corporations and other entities where legal, medical, dental, engineering, architectural, or other professional services are delivered; and private clubs.
   EMPLOYEE. A person who is employed by an employer in consideration for direct or indirect monetary wages, commission goods or services in kind or like compensation, and it shall also mean a person who volunteers his or her services for a non-profit entity.
   EMPLOYER. A person, business, partnership, association, corporation, including a municipal corporation, trust, or nonprofit entity that employs the services of one or more individual persons.
   ENCLOSED AREA. All space between a floor and ceiling that is enclosed on all sides by walls or windows (exclusive of doorways), which extend from the floor to the ceiling, including stationary structures and mobile public conveyances; parking structures and other facilities having only partial exterior walls but otherwise enclosed by ceilings and floors shall also be included in this definition.
   HEALTH CARE FACILITY. An office or institution providing care or treatment of persons having diseases, whether physical, mental, or emotional, or other medical physiological, or psychological conditions, including but not limited to, hospitals rehabilitation hospitals or other clinics, including weight control clinics nursing homes (except as otherwise permitted herein), homes for the aging or chronically ill, laboratories, and offices of surgeons, chiropractors, physical therapists, physicians, dentists, and all specialists within these professions. This definition shall include all waiting rooms, hallways, private rooms, semiprivate rooms, and wards within health care facilities.
   PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. An area under the control of a public or private employer that employees normally frequent during the course of employment, including, but not limited to, work areas, employee lounges, restrooms, conference rooms, meeting rooms classrooms, employee cafeterias, hallways, and vehicles. A private residence is not a PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT for purposes of this article unless it is used as a childcare, adult day care, or health care facility. Nor is a private passenger motor vehicle a PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT when used in the performance of employment responsibilities, provided it is not being used as public conveyance.
   PRIVATE CLUB. An organization, whether incorporated or not, which is the owner, lessee, or occupant of a building or portion thereof used exclusively for club purposes, or for purposes of benefiting particular club members and their guests, which is operated solely for a recreational, fraternal, social patriotic political benevolent, or athletic purpose, but not for pecuniary gain, and which only sells alcoholic beverages incidental to its operation. The affairs and management of the organization are conducted by a board of directors, executive committee, or similar body chosen by the members at an annual meeting. The organization has established bylaws and/or a constitution to govern its activities. The organization has been granted an exemption from the payment of federal income tax as a club under 26 U.S.C. Section 501. Establishments which are in fact operating as bars, restaurants, or entertainment venues primarily for the pecuniary benefit of the owner, or chief operating officer, or other person having substantial control shall not be treated as private clubs under this article.
   PUBLIC PLACE. An area to which the public is invited or to which the public is permitted to have access, including but not limited to banks, bars, educational facilities, health care facilities, hotel and motel lobbies, laundromats, public transportation facilities, reception areas, restaurants retail food production and marketing establishments, retail service establishments, retail stores, shopping malls, theaters, waiting rooms, sports arena, stadiums and ball parks. A private club is a PUBLIC PLACE when being used for a function to which the general public is allowed entry. A private residence is not a PUBLIC PLACE unless it is used as a childcare, adult day care, or health care facility.
   RESTAURANT. An eating establishment, including but not limited to coffee shops, cafeterias, sandwich stands, ice cream parlors, and private and public school cafeterias, which gives or offers for sale food to the public, guests, or employees, as well as kitchens and catering facilities in which food is prepared on the premises for serving elsewhere. The term RESTAURANT shall include a bar area within the restaurant.
   RETAIL TOBACCO STORE. A retail store utilized primarily for the sale of tobacco products and accessories and in which the sale of other products is merely incidental. The term specifically includes cigar bars, which are establishments licensed for the on-premises sale of beer, wine, and alcoholic beverages as well as some food service, but the term does not include any establishment which is primarily a bar or restaurant and which undertakes to make retail offerings of tobacco products as a means of circumventing the purposes of this article.
   SERVICE LINE. An indoor line in which one or more persons are waiting for or receiving service of any kind, whether or not the service involves the exchange of money.
   SHOPPING MALL. An enclosed public plaza, promenade, walkway, or hall area that serves to connect retail or professional establishments.
   SMOKING. Inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other lighted tobacco product in any manner or in any form.
   SPORTS ARENA. Sports pavilions, stadiums, gymnasiums, health spas, boxing arenas, swimming pools, roller and ice rinks, bowling alleys, and other similar places where members of the general public assemble to engage in physical exercise, participate in athletic competition, or witness sports or other events.
(Ord. 13-001, passed 1-8-2013)