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El Paso City Code § 5.18.020

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5.18.020 - Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following words or terms shall have the meanings ascribed in this section, unless the context of their usage clearly indicates another meaning: "Convenience goods" means basic food, beverage, household, and pharmaceutical items. "Convenience store" means any business with extended hours and convenient location that is primarily engaged in the retail sale of convenience goods and gasoline, designed to accommodate a large volume of stop and go traffic. Convenience store does not include any business where there is no retail floor space accessible to the public even if gasoline is sold. "Days" means calendar days. "Drop safe" means a cash management device where money can be deposited without the depositor having access to contents. "Employee" means any person, whether or not the person is designated as an employee, contract employee, agent or otherwise, who renders any service whatsoever to the customers of a convenience store, works in or about a convenience store or who conducts any business in a convenience store and who receives or has the expectation of receiving any compensation, monetary wages, commissions or profits from the convenience store. By way of example, rather than limitation, the term includes the owner, other management personnel, clerks, and cashiers. Employee does not include a person exclusively on the premises for the limited purpose of providing janitorial, repair or maintenance services for the premises or for the delivery of convenience goods by a vendor or distributor to the premises. "Height marker" means a measuring strip that may be attached on or near a doorframe of a convenience store to aid in identifying the height of a person suspected of committing a crime. "Manager" means the person designated by the owner to be responsible for the daily operation of a convenience store. Managers shall be designated in the registration application filed under this chapter. "Owner" means the person or persons who hold title to or leases property for the purpose of operating a convenience store, including any lien holder or any other person with a financial interest in the store. "Person" means any individual, corporation, organization, partnership, association, or any other legal entity. "Registered agent" means the person identified by the owner of a convenience store in the registration filed pursuant to this chapter that is authorized to receive on behalf of the owner any legal process and/or notice required or provided for in this chapter. (Ord. No. 19267, § 1, 12-7-2021)

Source: City of El Paso, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/el_paso/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT5BULIPERE_CH5.18COSTRE_5.18.020DEFetched: 10/28/2026