§ 11-10-2. Definitions.

(a)

Food store. Any supermarket, grocery store or other retail food store which is designed and arranged to display and sell food products to the general public for consumption off the premises, or which derives a substantial proportion of its income therefrom.

(b)

Health care facility. Any office or institution providing individual care or the treatment of diseases, whether physical, mental or emotional, or other medical, physiological or psychological conditions including but not limited to hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, homes for the aging or chronically ill, laboratories, offices of any physician, dentist, psychologist, psychiatrist, physiologist, podiatrist, optometrist or optician.

(c)

Person. Any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.

(d)

Public meeting. Any meeting or assembly held in a public building or building leased for a public purpose which is open to the public for the conduct of the affairs of, and the transaction of business by, any legislative or administrative body or agency of the City of Alexandria, including boards, commissions, authorities, councils, committees, subcommittees and other subordinate groups thereof, receiving or expending and supported in whole or in part by public funds.

(e)

Restaurant. Any establishment, or place within an establishment, offering food and beverages for consumption on the premises, including lunchrooms, cafeterias, coffee shops, cafes, taverns, delicatessens, lunchstands and lunch counters, but excluding bars and lounges which do not regularly offer food and open food counters and the like in sport facilities such as football, soccer and basketball stadia and bowling alleys.

(f)

Retail store. Any establishment whose primary purpose is to sell or offer for sale to consumers, not for resale, any goods, wares, merchandise, articles or other things and all activities, operations and services connected therewith or incidental thereto. The term "retail store" shall not include food stores, hotels, motels, restaurants and those restaurant facilities which are an integral part of a retail store, bar, lounge, catering establishment and other facility, For purposes of this chapter, banks and savings and loan institutions shall be considered "retail stores."

(g)

Smoking or to smoke. The act of smoking or carrying a lighted or smoldering cigar, cigarette or pipe of any kind, or lighting a cigar, cigarette or pipe of any kind.

(h)

Theater. Any indoor facility, open to the public, which is primarily used for or designed for the purpose of exhibiting any motion picture, stage drama, musical recital, dance, lecture or other similar performance. (Ord. No. 2907, 3/17/84, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 3270, 1/26/88, Sec. 1)