“Business” means any legal entity, whether for profit or not-for-profit, that provides goods or services, including, but not limited to, a sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, membership organization or similar entity.

“E-cigarette” means any electronic oral device, such as one composed of a heating element, battery, and/or electronic circuit, which provides a vapor of nicotine or any other substance, and the use or inhalation of which simulates smoking. The term shall include any such device whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, or under any other product name or descriptor.

“Employee” means any person who is employed by any employer for compensation or works for an employer as a volunteer.

“Employer” means any person or business, including a municipal corporation or non-profit entity, who employs the services of one or more individual persons.

“Enclosed area” means all space between a floor and a ceiling that is bounded on at least two sides by walls, doorways or windows, whether open or closed. A wall includes any retractable divider, garage door or other physical barrier, whether temporary or permanent and whether or not containing openings of any kind.

“Health care facility” means a business, office or institution that provides care or treatment of diseases or disability, whether physical, mental or emotional.

“Place of employment” means an area under the control of a public or private employer including, but not limited to, work areas, private offices, hotel and motel rooms, employee lounges, restrooms, conference rooms, classrooms, cafeterias, hallways, and vehicles. A private residence is not a place of employment unless it is used as a child care, adult care, or health care facility on a fee-for-service basis; or is located within a hotel or motel.

“Public place” means any enclosed area to which the public is invited or into which the public is permitted, including, but not limited to, educational facilities, entertainment facilities, food and beverage service facilities, offices, temporary offices, hotels and motels, retail stores, and transportation facilities and vehicles accessible to the general public.

“Smoking” means inhaling, exhaling, burning or carrying any lighted or heated cigar, cigarette, or pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco product or other plant material intended for inhalation in any manner or in any form. “Smoking” also includes the use of any e-cigarette which creates a vapor, in any manner or in any form, or the use of any oral smoking device for the purpose of circumventing the prohibition of smoking in this chapter. (Ord. 12-015 § 4, 2012)