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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-303 “Bail bond establishment” to “Child day-care home”.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-303" heading="“Bail bond establishment” to “Child day-care home”.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Bail bond establishment.">“Bail bond establishment” means an establishment in which a State-licensed or -approved bail bondsman provides bail bondsman services, whether for compensation or not.</para>
    <para num="(b)" />
    <para num="(c)" heading="Banquet hall.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Banquet hall” means an establishment:<para num="(i)">for which all events are directly managed by the owner of the facility or by a person regularly employed by the owner and responsible to the owner for the on-site management of all events held in that facility and for event arrangements;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">that is used regularly for serving food or beverage provided by the owner or by caterers and suppliers approved in advance by the owner;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">that serves designated groups that, before the day of the event, have reserved the facility for banquets or meetings and provided all insurance certificates, security contracts, off-street parking contracts required by the facility’s owner;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">to which the general public is not admitted;</para>
        <para num="(v)">for which no admission fee is charged at the door; and</para>
        <para num="(vi)">in which no third party promoter is involved or stands to profit.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Supplemental definition.">In paragraph (1)(vi) of this subsection, “promoter” means a person whose primary business is to organize, schedule, and operate one-time events in various leased venues through wide-scale promotions and advance sales of general admission tickets advertised primarily by flyers, websites, e-blasts, and social media and customarily selling general admission tickets at the door.</para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Inclusions.">“Banquet hall” includes an establishment that provides live entertainment as an accessory to the use described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.</para>
      <para num="(4)" heading="Exclusions.">“Banquet hall” does not include any restaurant or tavern.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Basement.">“Basement” means that portion of a building that has its floor subgrade (below ground level) on all sides.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Bay window.">“Bay window” means a window that:<para num="(1)">projects outward from a building;</para>
      <para num="(2)">begins at least 2 feet above the ground; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">has no structural support to the ground.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Bed and breakfast.">“Bed and breakfast” means an owner-occupied, single-family dwelling that:<para num="(1)">is used primarily as a the owner’s personal home; but</para>
      <para num="(2)">also, while the owner is in residence, provides lodging in 3 or fewer guest rooms to members of the general public who have primary residences elsewhere.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Billboard.">“Billboard” means any sign that directs attention to a business or commodity that is:<para num="(i)">sold or offered somewhere other than on the property on which the sign is located; or</para>
      <para num="(ii)">sold or offered on that property only incidentally, if at all.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Blockface.">“Blockface” means all of 1 side of a given street between 2 consecutive intersecting streets, excluding alleys footways, and sidewalks.</para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Boat manufacturing, repair, and sales.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Inclusions.">“Boat manufacturing, repair, and sales” includes the following activities:<para num="(i)">assembly and installation of sails, masts, bridges, or other major components;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">sandblasting or other preparation and painting of hulls;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">installation of navigational instruments;</para>
        <para num="(iv)">testing of electrical, mechanical, and other systems; and</para>
        <para num="(v)">incidental storage.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“Boat manufacturing, repair, and sales” does not include the leasing of dry dock or marina storage for individual boat owners.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Body art establishment.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Body art establishment” means an establishment that offers body piercing, non-medical body modification, or tattooing services.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“Body art establishment” does not include an establishment that only offers ear piercing.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Broadcasting station (TV or radio).">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Broadcasting station (tv or radio)” means commercial and public communications facilities, including radio and television broadcasting and receiving stations and studios.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“Broadcasting station (tv or radio)” does not include freestanding TV or radio antennas.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Buffer (CBCA).">“Buffer”, as it applies to the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area, has the meaning stated in § 7-402 {“CBCA Overlay: Definitions”} of this Code.</para>
    <para num="(m)" heading="Building.">“Building” means any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.</para>
    <para num="(n)" heading="Building: Principal.">“Building: Principal” means non-accessory building in which a principal use is conducted.</para>
    <para num="(o)" heading="Canopy.">“Canopy” means a permanent structure or architectural projection that:<para num="(1)">is of rigid construction over which a covering is attached;</para>
      <para num="(2)">is designed to provide weather protection, identity or decoration; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">is structurally independent or supported by attachment to a building on one or more sides.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(p)" heading="Car wash.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Car wash” means an establishment for washing or cleaning motor vehicles, whether by using mechanical devices or hand labor.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Self-Service.">“Car wash” includes facilities for self-service motor vehicle washing or cleaning.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(q)" heading="Caretaker’s dwelling.">&lt;em&gt;See&lt;/em&gt; “Dwelling: Caretaker’s”.</para>
    <para num="(r)" heading="Carnival; Circus.">“Carnival” or “circus” means a use of land for:<para num="(1)">circuses, carnivals, fetes, bazaars, and similar events;</para>
      <para num="(2)">feats of horseback-riding ability, acrobatic stunts, trained animal acts, clowning, and similar performances;</para>
      <para num="(3)">mechanical rides or other amusement devices to which the public is admitted; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">temporary stands or facilities for selling or dispensing products for human consumption in connection with these uses.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(s)" heading="Carriage house.">“Carriage house” means an accessory structure of 2-story construction that was formerly used or intended to be used for the storage of horses and carriages.</para>
    <para num="(t)" heading="Carry-out food shop.">“Carry-out food shop” means an establishment where prepared food is served in disposable containers or wrappers from a serving counter, primarily for off-premises consumption.</para>
    <para num="(u)" heading="Cemetery.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Cemetery” means land used or dedicated to the burial of the dead.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Cemetery” includes:<para num="(i)">a crematorium;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">mausoleums;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">a funeral home, if operating within the boundaries of the cemetery; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">necessary sales and maintenance facilities.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(v)" heading="Check-cashing establishment.">“Check-cashing establishment” means an establishment, other than a financial institution, that provides a check-cashing service, for a fee, to the general public.</para>
    <para num="(w)" heading="Child day-care center.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Day-care center: Child”.</para>
    <para num="(x)" heading="Child day-care home.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Day-care home: Child”.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-216</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-181</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
