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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Business Association.">“Business Association” means the incorporated organization of persons who operate retail, service, rental, or professional businesses within a particular Retail Business District that provides management services under this subtitle.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Business establishment.">“Business establishment” means any retail, service, rental, or professional business entity.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Commissioner.">“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Exempt establishment.">“Exempt establishment” means any business establishment which is:<para num="(1)">operated solely by a federal, state, or local government entity, except for City-owned markets as described in § 11-5(b);</para>
      <para num="(2)">operated by a non-profit organization which is not engaged in a retail business; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">a parking lot.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Licensable space.">“Licensable space” means the number of square feet of space in a business establishment subject to the license fee in accordance with the fee calculation method as set forth in a specific Retail Business District Ordinance.</para>
    <para num="(f)" />
    <para num="(g)" heading="Retail Business District.">“Retail Business District” means a geographic area in Baltimore City, designated by an ordinance under this subtitle, encompassing a concentration of business establishments.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 15, §110</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 82-838</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 09-137</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-125</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
