§ 18-295. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Child event worker means any fulltime or parttime employee, agent, volunteer, independent contractor, or employee or volunteer of an independent contractor of a carnival or fair that hosts amusement rides in a park owned or operated by the city. The following persons shall be exempted from this definition:

(1)

Law enforcement personnel;

(2)

Emergency or fire rescue personnel;

(3)

Persons conducting deliveries; and

(4)

Military recruitment personnel.

Community-based organization (CBO) means any not-for-profit agency, group, organization, society, association, partnership, or individual whose primary purpose is to provide a community service to improve or enhance the well-being of the community of the city at large or to improve or enhance the well-being of certain individuals within this community who have special needs.

Conviction means a determination of guilt of a criminal charge which is the result of a trial or the entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld.

Park vendor shall means fulltime or parttime employee, agent, volunteer, independent contractor, or employee or volunteer of an independent contractor that has a contract with or permit from the city to rent or sell food, beverages, sporting equipment, or any other goods or services in a park owned or operated by the city. The following persons and events shall be exempted from this definition:

(1)

Law enforcement personnel;

(2)

Emergency or fire rescue personnel;

(3)

Persons conducting deliveries;

(4)

International or national sporting events;

(5)

One-day events; and

(6)

Carnivals, festivals, trade shows, and fairs that do not host amusement rides.

Professional background screener means any person, company, organization or agency which, for monetary fees, dues, or on a not-for-profit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of researching and assembling criminal history information on specific persons for the purpose of furnishing criminal history reports to third parties.

Programming partner means any not-for-profit program service provider that is selected by the parks and recreation department and the accompanying administrative order to provide programs in parks and recreation facilities.

Sexual offender means an individual who meets the criteria of a sexual predator as defined in F.S. § 775.21(4) or a sexual offender as defined in F.S. § 943.0435 or who is listed on the National Sex Offender Public Website owned or operated by the United States Department of Justice.

Violent felony means any of the following felonies: arson; sexual battery; robbery; kidnapping; aggravated child abuse; aggravated abuse of an elderly person or disabled adult; aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; murder; manslaughter; aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult; aggravated manslaughter of a child; unlawful throwing, placing, or discharging of a destructive device or bomb; armed burglary; aggravated battery; or aggravated stalking.

Volunteer means any individual performing volunteer duties for a community-based organization, for a programming partner, for the parks and recreation department as a child event worker, or as a park vendor for more than three days in any six-month period. Students volunteering in order to fulfill high school graduation requirements shall be exempted from this definition.

(County Code, § 26-37)