The following definitions shall apply to this chapter:
A. "City" means the City of Los Angeles.
B. "Hotel" means a residential building located within the area designated by ordinance as the Gateway to LA (Century Corridor) Property Business Improvement District (Century Corridor PBID) that is designated or used for lodging and other related services for the public, and containing 50 or more guest rooms, or suites of rooms. "Hotel" also includes any contracted, leased, or sublet premises connected to or operated in conjunction with the building's purpose, or providing services at the building. If the Century Corridor PBID ceases to exist, the boundaries at the time of dissolution shall remain in effect for purposes of this article.
C. "Hotel Employer" means a Person who owns, controls, and/or operates a Hotel, or a Person who owns, controls, and/or operates any contracted, leased, or sublet premises connected to or operated in conjunction with the Hotel's purpose, or a Person who provides services at the Hotel.
D. "Hotel Worker" means any individual (1) whose primary place of employment is at a Hotel, (2) who is employed directly by the Hotel Employer or by a Person who has contracted with the Hotel Employer to provide services at the Hotel, and (3) who performs a service for which the Hotel Employer imposes a Service Charge. "Hotel Worker" does not include a managerial, supervisory, or confidential employee.
E. "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, agency, instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity, whether domestic or foreign.
F. "Service Charge" means all separately-designated amounts collected by a Hotel Employer from customers that are for service by Hotel Workers, or are described in such a way that customers might reasonably believe that the amounts are for those services, including but not limited to those charges designated on receipts under the term "service charge," "delivery charge," or "porterage charge."
G. "Willful Violation" means that the Hotel Employer deliberately failed or refused to comply with its provisions of this article.