The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section:
EMPLOYEE: Any person engaged in business in the city from whom the employer is required to withhold federal and state taxes and social security and medicare deductions.
ENGAGED IN BUSINESS: The conducting, managing or carrying on in the city any business, profession, trade, calling, occupation or commercial enterprise on which the city has legal right to impose a license and collect a tax.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR: Any person engaged in business in the city from whom the employer is not required to withhold federal and state taxes and social security and medicare deductions.
MASSAGE THERAPIST: Any person who administers massage therapy for any form of consideration. For purposes of this chapter, acupressurist, masseur, and masseuse shall be considered synonymous with massage therapist.
MASSAGE THERAPY: Any method of pressure on, friction against, stoking, kneading, rubbing, tapping, pounding, vibrating or stimulating the external parts of the human body. Such method shall constitute massage therapy whether or not performed with lotion, powder, rubbing alcohol or similar supplementary aid. For purposes of this chapter, acupressure shall be considered synonymous with massage therapy.
MASSAGE THERAPY ESTABLISHMENT: Any establishment having a fixed place of business where any person engages in, conducts, carries on or permits to be engaged in, conducted or carried on, massage therapy for any form of consideration.
MOTION FILMING: Includes filming for television, the motion pictures or other commercial use by means of film, video, or digital recording.
PRIVATE PATROL: Includes any person, firm or corporation carrying on the business of night watch service, security guard, private police, police patrol service or any other occupation, the purpose of which is to afford police or fire protection within the city to the public for hire or reward.
STILL FILMING: Commercial still photography which is done on behalf of or for the purpose of sale to a commercial business or use.
STREETS: Includes all streets, avenues, highways, alleys, courts, lanes, places, squares, curbing, sidewalks or other public ways in the city which have been dedicated as such or which, though not dedicated, are generally open to public use.
WHEELED VEHICLE: Means and includes an automobile, motorcycle, truck, tank truck, trailer, wagon, cart and any and all other contrivances, except pedal powered bicycles used or capable of being used as a means of transportation that move or roll on one or more wheels. (Ord. 948, 11-16-1988; amd. Ord. 097-1111, 8-13-1997; Ord. 0-02-1159, 2-22-2002; Ord. 0-03-1171, 6-11-2003)