As used in this Article 11B, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
“City” means the City and County of San Francisco.
“Contagious Public Health Threat” means any contagious, infectious, or communicable disease that the Department may from time to time determine poses an imminent and proximate threat to public health in the City, and includes SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
“Covered Establishment” means a Tourist Hotel or Large Commercial Office Building within the geographic boundaries of the City.
“COVID-19” means the Coronavirus Disease 2019.
“Department” means the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
“Disinfectant” means an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered product that is qualified for use against Contagious Public Health Threats, and as further defined in Section 625.3(c).
“Employee” or “Employees” means full-time and part-time employees, casual or on-call employees, or independent contractors and their employees, who perform work as described in Section 625.3 at the Covered Establishment, whether employed or hired directly by the Operator of the Covered Establishment or by another entity.
“Employee Dining and Break Rooms” means any space designated by the Operator for Employees to take legally or contractually mandated breaks, or other breaks authorized or approved by the Operator.
“Frequently Touched” means any physical surface or object that is typically touched by multiple individuals during the course of a day.
“Large Commercial Office Building” means any building or Set of Buildings containing more than 50,000 square feet of Office Space. “Large Commercial Office Building” does not include either 1) a building or Set of Buildings owned or controlled by the City or by any other unit of government, whether local, state, or federal, or 2) any premises within a building or Set of Buildings leased or occupied by the City or by any other unit of government, whether local, state or federal, for which in either case the City or any other unit of government is required to provide cleaning or other janitorial services.
“Office Space” has the meaning set forth in Planning Code Section 320(f).
“Operator” means any person or business entity that employs or hires Employees directly or indirectly to perform work as described in Section 625.3 at a Covered Establishment.
“Set of Buildings” means more than one building on the same lot, adjacent lots, or same block, in each case owned by the same individual or entity, or related companies of such individuals or entities.
“Tourist Hotel” means any building or Set of Buildings containing six or more guest rooms or suites of rooms intended or designated to be used for commercial tourist use by providing accommodation to transient guests on a nightly basis or longer, as defined in Administrative Code Section 41.4. “Tourist Hotel” does not include a hotel, or any guest rooms or suites within such a hotel, procured, leased, rented, or controlled by the City for the purpose of sheltering people as part of the City’s COVID-19 response or response to any other Contagious Public Health Threat.
(Added by Ord. 208-20, File No. 200764, App. 10/9/2020, Eff. 11/9/2020)