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The definitions set forth in this section shall govern the construction and meaning of the terms used in this chapter:

A. "Covered enterprise" means a hotel.

B. "Employee" means any person who performs work within the geographic boundaries of the city for an employer.

C. "Employer" means any person, including a corporate officer or executive, who directly or indirectly or through an agent or any other person, including through the services of a temporary service or staffing agency or similar entity, owns or operates a covered enterprise within the city and employs or exercises control over the wages, hours or working conditions of any employee.

D. "Hotel" means a residential building that is designated or used for lodging and other related services for the public, including but not limited to food and beverage preparation and service and meetings, tradeshows and conventions, and that contains fifty or more guest rooms, or suites of rooms. Adjoining rooms do not constitute a suite of rooms. "Hotel" also includes any contracted, leased or sublet premises connected to or operated in conjunction with a hotel.

E. "Laid-off employee" means any employee who was employed by the employer for six months or more in the twelve months preceding January 31, 2020, and whose most recent separation from active service occurred after January 31, 2020, and was due to a government order, lack of business, a reduction in force or other economic, nondisciplinary reasons.

F. "Length of service" means the total of all periods of time during which an employee has been in active service for an employer, including periods of time when the employee was on leave or on vacation.

G. "Person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, limited liability company, business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, agency, instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity, whether domestic or foreign.

(Ord. 2773 NCS §3, 2021.)