Defined terms.
Denver Revised Municipal Code § 58-13
in effectSec. 58-13. - Defined terms.
In addition to the definitions set forth in section 58-1, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings:
(1) Certified youth employment program means a program certified by the Denver Economic Development & Opportunity (DEDO) agency that provides unemancipated minors employment opportunities in conjunction with a curriculum designed to develop enumerated skills and competencies of unemancipated minors. Any such program shall adhere with rules, regulations and certification requirements issued by DEDO and provide skills development above and beyond the time spent simply performing work in the job.
(2) Food and beverage worker means a worker for any business or enterprise that prepares and offers for sale food or beverages for consumption either on or off an employer's physical premises.
(3) Tips means a verifiable sum presented directly and customarily by customers as a gift or gratuity in recognition of some service performed for customers by the person receiving the tip.
(4) Unemancipated minor means a person less than eighteen (18) years of age who does not maintain sole or primary responsibility for his or her own support, is not married or domiciled separately from his or her parents or guardian, and is unable to show that his or her well-being is substantially dependent on being gainfully employed.
(Ord. No. 1614-22, § 1, 1-9-23)
Source: City and County of Denver, Revised Municipal Code and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/co/denver/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TITIIREMUCO_CH58WAWOPR_ARTIWA_DIV2DEMIWA_S58-13DETEFetched: 10/27/2026