For the purposes of this Section, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning ascribed to them by this Section.
Employed
. Employed shall mean hired, contracted, subcontracted, or otherwise engaged to furnish goods or services.
Employee
. Employee shall mean a person who is employed by an employer in consideration for direct or indirect monetary wage(s), profit, or other remuneration.
Employer. Employer shall mean a person, nonprofit entity, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company, co-op, firm, trust, association, organization, or other business entity formed for profit-making purposes, including retail establishments, where goods or services are sold, who employs one or more employees.
Guestroom or Suite
. Guestroom or suite shall mean sleeping rooms and directly associated private areas, such as bathrooms, living rooms, and kitchen areas, if any, rented to the public for their exclusive transient occupancy including, but not limited to, guestrooms or suites in hotels, motels, inns, lodges, or other such establishments.
Health Director
. Health Director shall mean the Director of the Central District Health Department or authorized representative(s).
Indoor Area
. Indoor area means an area enclosed by a floor, a ceiling, and walls on all sides that are continuous and solid except for closeable entry and exit doors and windows and in which less than twenty percent of the total wall area is permanently open to the outdoors. For walls in excess of eight feet in height, only the first eight feet shall be used in determining such percentage.
International No-Smoking Symbol
. International no-smoking symbol shall mean a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it.
Place of Employment
. Place of employment means an indoor area under the control of a proprietor that an employee accesses as part of his or her employment without regard to whether the employee is present or work is occurring at any given time. The indoor area includes, but is not limited to, any work area, employee breakroom, restroom, conference room, meeting room, classroom, employee cafeteria, and hallway. A private residence is a place of employment when such residence is being used as a licensed child care program and one or more children who are not occupants of such residence are present.
Proprietor
. Proprietor shall mean any employer, owner, operator, supervisor, manager or any other person who controls, governs, or directs the activities in a place of employment or public place.
Public Place
. Public place shall mean an indoor area to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted, whether or not the public is always invited or permitted. A private residence shall not be considered a “public place.”
Smoke or Smoking
. Smoke or smoking shall mean the lighting of any cigarette, cigar, or pipe; or the possession of any lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipe, regardless of its composition.
Vape(ing)
. Vape(ing) shall mean the inhaling and exhaling of the aerosol produced by any vaping device.
Vaping Device
. Vaping device shall mean a device that consists of a mouthpiece, battery, a cartridge for containing the e-liquid or e-juice and a heating component for the device that is powered by a battery. Vaping devices may include but not be limited to, e-cigarettes, vape pens, advanced personal vaporizers (MODS), JUUL’s or any other device whether professionally made or homemade that are designed and used to inhale vapor products.