For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMPLOYED. Hired, contracted, subcontracted, or otherwise engaged to furnish goods or services.
EMPLOYEE. A person who is employed by an employer in consideration for direct or indirect monetary wage(s), profit, or other remuneration.
EMPLOYER. 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. 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. The Director of the Southeast District Health Department or authorized representative(s).
INDOOR AREA. 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 20% 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. A pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a red circle with a red bar across it.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. 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. 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. 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, SMOKES, or SMOKING. The lighting of any cigarette, cigar, or pipe; or the possession of any lighted cigarette, cigar, or pipe, regardless of its composition.
(Prior Code, § 131.03) (Ord. 582, passed 5-6-2008)