Sec. 15-184. - Definitions.
(a) The following words and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings provided in this section, unless the context clearly indicates another meaning.
Armed Forces means the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard.
Disabled veteran means an individual who served on active duty in the armed forces, separated from the Armed Forces under honorable conditions, and has a disability rating letter issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs establishing a service-connected disability rating between zero and one-hundred percent, or a disability determination from the Department of Defense.
Owned, controlled and managed means that the one or more veterans who own the requisite interests in or assets of a business applying for veteran-owned small business certification possesses equivalent incidents of such ownership, including an equivalent interest in profit and loss, and has contributed an equivalent percentage of capital and equipment to the business. Contributions of capital and equipment must be real and substantial. In instances where expertise is relied upon to demonstrate ownership, control, and management, it must be shown that the expertise is: (1) in a specialized field; (2) in an area(s) critical to the firm's operation and performance of a commercially useful function; (3) critical to the firm's continued success; and (4) documented in the records of the firm, including but not limited to documentation showing the particular expertise and its value to the firm. Additionally, the individual whose expertise is relied upon must have a significant financial investment in the business. Ownership shall be measured as though not subject to the community property interest of a spouse, if both spouses certify in writing that the nonparticipating spouse relinquishes control over his or her community property interest in the subject business (but by doing so is not required to transfer to his or her spouse his or her community property ownership interest or to characterize the property as the separate property of the spouse). The one or more VOSB owners shall have recognized, ultimate control over all day-to-day business decisions affecting the VOSB and shall hold a title commensurate with such control. Such ultimate control shall be known to and at least tacitly acknowledged in day-to-day operations by employees of the business.
Service-Disabled Veteran, as defined in 13 CFR §128.102, as amended, is a veteran who is registered in the Beneficiary Identification and Records Locator Subsystem or successor system, maintained by Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Benefits Administration as a service-disabled veteran.
Service-Disabled Veteran-owned small business or SDVOSB means, as found in 13 CFR Part 128, as amended, a SBE that is not less than fifty-one (51) percent owned, controlled and managed by one or more service-owned veterans, or in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than fifty-one (51) percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans.
Small business enterprise or SBE means a firm whose gross revenues or number of employees, averaged over the past three years, inclusive of any affiliates as defined by 13 CFR Section 121.103, does not exceed the size standards defined in Section 3 of the Federal Small Business Act and applicable Small Business Administration regulations related to the size standards found in 13 CFR Part 121. The term shall also include a certified VOSB defined in this Code.
Veteran, as defined in 13 CFR Part 128, as amended, is a person who served on active duty with the Armed Forces for any length of time and at any place and who was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. Reservists or members of the National Guard called to federal active duty or disabled from a disease or injury incurred or aggravated in line of duty or while in training status also qualify as a veteran.
Veteran-owned small business or VOSB means, as found in 13 CFR Part 128, as amended, a SBE that is not less than fifty-one (51) percent owned, controlled and managed by one or more veterans, or in the case of any publicly owned business, not less than fifty-one (51) percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans.
(b) See section 15-82 of this Code for additional definitions.
(Ord. No. 2025-378, § 17(Exh. A), 5-7-2025)
