For the purposes of this chapter:
A. "Contract" means an agreement for public works or improvements to be performed, or for goods or services to be purchased or grants to be provided, at the expense of the city or to be paid out of moneys deposited in the treasury or out of the trust money under the control or collected by the city. "Contract" also means a written agreement for the exclusive use or occupancy of real property for a term exceeding twenty-nine (29) days in any calendar year, whether by singular or cumulative instrument, (1) for the operation or use by others of real property owned or controlled by the city for the operation of a business, social, or other establishment or organization, including leases, concessions, franchises and easements, or (2) for the city's use or occupancy of real property owned by others, including leases, concessions, franchises and easements. For the purposes of this chapter, "exclusive use" means the right to use or occupy real property to the exclusion of others, other than the right reserved by the fee owner. "Contract" shall not include a revocable at-will use or encroachment permit for the use of or encroachment on city property regardless of the ultimate duration of such permit. "Contract" shall also not include excavation, street construction or street use permits, agreements for the use of city right-of-way where a contracting utility has the power of eminent domain, or agreements governing the use of city property that constitutes a public forum for activities that are primarily for the purpose of espousing or advocating causes or ideas and that are generally recognized as protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, or that are primarily recreational in nature.
B. "Contractor" means any person or persons, firm, partnership, corporation, company, or combination thereof, that enters into a contract with the city. Contractor shall not include a public entity.
C. "Domestic partner" means any person who has a currently registered domestic partnership with a governmental entity pursuant to state or local law authorizing the registration.
D. "Employee benefits" means bereavement leave; disability, life and other types of insurance; family medical leave; health benefits; membership or membership discounts; moving expenses; pension and retirement benefits; vacation; travel benefits; and any other benefits given to employees; provided, however, that employee benefits shall not include benefits to the extent that the application of the requirements of this chapter to such benefits may be preempted by federal or state law. (Ord. 2004-061 § 1)