For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ATTORNEY. The Town Attorney or his/her designee.
ACSO. Anderson County Sheriff's Office representative or authorized designee.
BONA FIDE. Made in good faith without fraud or deceit.
EMPLOYEE. Any person who performs services for an employer, with or without compensation.
EMPLOYER. Any person, partnership, association, corporation, trust, or other organized group of individuals or entity, whether public or private, which utilizes the services of one or more employees.
ENCLOSED AREA. A space in any structure or building that is bound on all sides by any combination of walls, half walls, windows, or doorways extending from floor to the ceiling, regardless of whether the windows or doors are open or closed.
PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT. Any enclosed area under the control of an employer which employees normally frequent during the course of employment, including but not limited to common work areas, employee lounges and restrooms, conference and classrooms, employee cafeterias, and hallways and stairways and other common areas of a building or structure.
PRIVATE CLUB or LODGE. A bona fide organization, whether incorporated or not, which is the occupant of a building or a portion of a building that has a different address, a separate entrance, and not connected by common doors or passageways with any other business within the building and which is used solely and exclusively for social, benevolent, patriotic, recreational, or fraternal purposes and not monetary gain or profit, and no part of the net earnings of which insures to the direct benefit of any member or shareholder, and if engaged in the sale of beer, wine, porter, ale, or alcoholic beverages, such as incidental to its main purpose, and which maintains on the premises a complete membership list showing the date of application of the proposed member, the date of admission after election, the date initiation fees and dues are paid, the amount paid by each member, and each member's correct mailing address. No organization shall qualify as a PRIVATE CLUB or LODGE under this section if it admits members on demand by payment of a nominal fee.
PRIVATE OFFICE. An independent work space or area with separate ventilation, that is separated from the remainder of a place of employment by walls and a door, from floor to ceiling and which is not immediately accessible to the general public or employees not assigned to work therein and restricted to a single person. Cubicle work spaces do not constitute a private office.
PUBLIC PLACE. Any enclosed area to which the public is invited or in which the public is permitted to convene, conduct business, or recreate, including but not limited to banks, educational facilities, health facilities, laundromats, public transportation facilities, recreational facilities, restaurants, establishments engaged in the sale or distribution of beer, wine, ale, porter, or alcoholic beverages for on-premise consumption, reception areas, production and marketing establishments, retail service establishments, retail stores, theaters, waiting rooms and service lines.
SERVICE LINE. Any indoor or outdoor 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.
SMOKING. Inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, or other tobacco product in any manner or in any form.
(Ord. 11-11, passed 11-7-11)