“Employee” means any individual who is employed by an employer in return for the payment of direct or indirect monetary wages, benefit, or profit, any individual who volunteers his or her services to an employer for no monetary compensation or any individual who performs work or renders services, for any period of time, at the explicit or implicit direction of an owner, shareholder, member, lessee or other person in charge of a place that is subject to the provisions of this chapter.

“Employer” means any person, sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association, nonprofit organization, or other entity of any kind that pays another person direct or indirect monetary wages, profit or provides any other benefit in consideration for such other person’s providing services on the premises of the employer. “Employer” shall also mean the owner(s), shareholders or member(s) respectively of a sole proprietorship, corporation or limited liability corporation, association, nonprofit organization, or other business entity.

“Place of employment” means any area under the control of a public or private employer which employees are required to pass through during the course of employment, including, but not limited to: entrances and exits to the places of employment, and including a presumptively reasonable minimum distance, as set forth in RCW 70.160.075, of 25 feet from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited; work areas; restrooms; conference and classrooms; break rooms and cafeterias; and other common areas. “Place of employment” also means an outdoor venue or workspace that is adjacent to or enjoined with a business enterprise or work environment where employees are required to pass through during the course of employment; including but not limited to food/drink service areas such as on decks or outdoor areas. A private residence or home-based business, unless used to provide licensed childcare, foster care, adult care, or other similar social service care on the premises, is not a place of employment.

“Public place” means that portion of any building or vehicle used by and open to the public, regardless of whether the building or vehicle is owned in whole or in part by private persons or entities, the state of Washington, or other public entity, and includes a presumptively reasonable minimum distance, as set forth in RCW 70.160.075, of 25 feet from entrances, exits, windows that open, and ventilation intakes that serve an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited. Public places include, but are not limited to: schools, elevators, public conveyances or transportation facilities, taxis, buses, for hire conveyances, museums, concert halls, theaters, auditoriums, exhibition halls, indoor sports arenas, hospitals, nursing homes, health care facilities or clinics, enclosed shopping centers, retail stores, retail service establishments, financial institutions, educational facilities, ticket areas, public hearing facilities, state legislative chambers and immediately adjacent hallways, public restrooms, libraries, restaurants, waiting areas, lobbies, bars, clubs, taverns, bowling alleys, skating rinks, casinos, reception areas, and no less than 75 percent of the sleeping quarters within a hotel or motel that are rented to guests. A public place does not include a private residence. “Public place” also means any public or private place that is open to the general public regardless of whether dues, cover charges or a fee is charged or there are restrictions such as an age requirement for the privilege of admission, and includes any place used by a membership association or club at which nonmember guests are present or permitted. This chapter is not intended to restrict smoking in private facilities which are occasionally open to the public except upon the occasions when the facility is open to the public. A public place does not include a private residence unless the private residence is used to provide licensed childcare, foster care, adult care, or other similar social service care on the premises.

“Smoke” or “smoking” means the carrying, use or smoking of any kind of lighted, combustible, smoldering, or burning cigarette, pipe, cigar or other lighted smoking equipment including but not limited to tobacco, flavored tobacco products such as shisha (used with hookah smoking), or marijuana. [Ord. 15-001, Eff. 02/12/16. Prior code § 13.2.2].