For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
EMPLOYEE. Any person who is employed by an employer in consideration for monetary compensation or profit.
EMPLOYER. Any person, partnership, corporation, association or other entity that employs one or more persons.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. Any enclosed indoor area under the control of an employer to which employees have access during the course of employment, including, but not limited to, work areas, employee lounges, employee restrooms, conference rooms and employee cafeterias. A private residence is not a PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
PUBLIC PLACE.
(1) Any enclosed indoor area that is used by the general public, or that is a place of employment, and includes, but is not limited to: stores, offices, and other commercial establishments; restaurants; public and private institutions of higher education; health care facilities; nursing and convalescent homes; and government subsidized senior citizen residential facilities; and
(2) Any public swimming pool owned or operated by the city, inclusive of the entire area within the enclosure device.
SERVICE LINE. Any indoor line at which one or more persons are waiting for or receiving service of any kind, whether or not such service involves the exchange of money.
SMOKE or SMOKING. The act of inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, pipe or other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation whether natural or synthetic in any manner or in any form. SMOKE or SMOKING also includes the use of an electronic smoking device which simulates smoking by using a mechanical heating element, battery, or electronic circuit to deliver an aerosol or vapor that may include nicotine in any manner or any form. SMOKE or SMOKING shall also include the use of any oral smoking device for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of smoking in this chapter.
(Ord. 1209-1, passed 12-14-2009; Ord. 1019-2, passed 10-14-2019)