§ 2.32.020. Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter,

"Contract" means an agreement for public works or improvements to be performed, or for goods or services to be purchased or grants to be provided, at the expense of the city or to be paid out of moneys deposited in the treasury or out of trust money under the control or collected by the city and does not include property contracts or contracts for an aggregate amount less than twenty-five thousand dollars (twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) per vendor in each fiscal year.

"Contractor" means any person or persons, firm, partnership, corporation, or combination thereof, who enters into a contract or property contract with the city.

"Domestic partner" means any person who has a currently registered domestic partnership with a governmental body pursuant to state or local law authorizing such registration.

"Property contract" means a written agreement for the exclusive use or occupancy of real property for a term exceeding twenty-nine days in any calendar year, whether by singular or cumulative instrument, (1) for the operation or use by others of real property owned or controlled by the city for the operation of a business, social, or other establishment or organization, including leases, concessions, franchises and easements, or (2) for the city's use or occupancy of real property owned by others, including leases, concessions, franchises and easements. For the purposes of this chapter, "exclusive use" means the right to use or occupy real property to the exclusion of others, other than the right reserved by the fee owner. "Property contract" shall not include a revocable at-will use or encroachment permit for the use of or encroachment on city property regardless of the ultimate duration of such permit, except that "property contract" shall include such permits granted to a private entity for the use of city property for the purpose of a for-profit activity. "Property contract" shall also not include street excavation, street construction or street use permits, agreements for the use of city right-of-way where a contracting utility has the power of eminent domain, or agreements governing the use of city property which constitutes a public forum for activities that are primarily for the purpose of espousing or advocating causes or ideas and that are generally recognized as protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, or which are primarily recreational in nature.

"Employee benefits" means the provision of bereavement leave; disability, life, and other types of insurance; family medical leave; health benefits; membership or membership discounts; moving expenses; pension and retirement benefits; vacation; travel benefits; and any other benefits given to employees.

(Ord. 12394 (part), 2001)