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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-304 “Chimney” to “Day-care center: Child”.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-304" heading="“Chimney” to “Day-care center: Child”.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Chimney.">“Chimney”means a vertical shaft of reinforced concrete, masonry, or other approved material that encloses 1 or more flues, for the purpose of removing the products of combustion from solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel.</para>
    <para num="(b)" />
    <para num="(c)" heading="Clinic.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Animal clinic”; “Health-care clinic”.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Commercial alternative energy system.">See “Alternative energy system: Commercial”.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Commercial college.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Educational facility: Commercial-vocational”.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Commercial vehicle.">“Commercial vehicle” has the meaning stated in City Code &lt;cite data-doc="City of Balt., Md., Ord. 26-128" data-path="|31|§1-1|(f)"&gt;Article 31 {“Transit and Traffic”}, § 1-1(f) {“Definitions – A to L: Commercial vehicle”}&lt;/cite&gt;.
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    <para num="(g)" heading="Community center.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Community center” means a facility in which people who live in the neighborhood or community are able to meet and carry on cultural, social, or recreational activities.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Community center” includes indoor or outdoor recreational facilities.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Community-managed open-space garden.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Community-managed open-space garden” means an open-space area that:<para num="(i)">is maintained by more than 1 household; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">is used for traditional community-garden activities of planting, cultivating, harvesting, maintaining, and distributing fruits, flowers, vegetables, or ornamental plants.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Community-managed open-space garden” includes:<para num="(i)">accessory sheds, gazebos, and pergolas;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">temporary greenhouses and similar structures to extend the growing season; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">the provision of space for related open-air recreation, active or passive, but not including playground equipment.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Community-managed open-space farm.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Community-managed open-space farm” means an open-space area that:<para num="(i)">is maintained by more than 1 household; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">in addition to the uses permitted in a community-managed open-space garden, is used for 1 or more of the following:<para num="(A)">the keeping of livestock and animals;</para>
          <para num="(B)">temporary farm stands, but no more than 1 per lot; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">the receipt and free redistribution of organic waste material for composting.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Community-managed open-space farm” includes on-site storage, including storage for farmstands.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Community-based alternative energy system.">&lt;em&gt;See&lt;/em&gt; “Alternative energy system: Community-based”.</para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Composting.">“Composting” means the processing of organic waste material, such as yard and food waste, under controlled conditions to yield a nuisance-free humus-like product.</para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Comprehensive Master Plan.">“Comprehensive Master Plan” means the Master Plan adopted under &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="VII|§74"&gt;City Charter Article VII, § 74&lt;/cite&gt; {“Department of Planning: Master Plan”} and the State Land Use Article.</para>
    <para num="(m)" heading="Comprehensive rezoning.">“Comprehensive rezoning” means an ordinance that is:<para num="(1)">initiated by City government to modify the zoning classifications of multiple properties;</para>
      <para num="(2)">based on considerations concerning the common needs of a substantial geographic area, involving a considerable number of properties;</para>
      <para num="(3)">designed to control and direct the use of land and structures according to present and planned future conditions; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the product of:<para num="(i)">careful consideration and extensive study by the Planning Department; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">review by the Planning Commission.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(n)" heading="Conditional use.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Use: Conditional”.</para>
    <para num="(o)" heading="Contractor storage yard.">“Contractor storage yard” means land or structures used primarily for the storage of equipment, vehicles, machinery, building materials, paint, piping, or electrical components being used by the owner or occupant of the premises in the conduct of a building trade.</para>
    <para num="(p)" heading="Convention center.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Convention center” means an establishment that accommodates conventions, conferences, seminars, product displays, recreation activities, and entertainment functions.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Convention center” includes accessory uses such as:<para num="(i)">temporary outdoor displays; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">food and beverage preparation and service for on-premise consumption.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(q)" heading="Corner lot.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Lot: Corner”.</para>
    <para num="(r)" heading="Corner-side lot line.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Lot line: Corner-side”.</para>
    <para num="(s)" heading="Cornice.">“Cornice” means a continuous molded projection that:<para num="(1)">extends outward from an exterior wall at the roof line;</para>
      <para num="(2)">crowns a wall; or</para>
      <para num="(3)">divides a wall horizontally.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(t)" heading="Country club.">“Country club” means a club organized and operated primarily for social and both indoor and outdoor recreation purposes, with recreation facilities for members, their families, and invited guests.</para>
    <para num="(u)" heading="Critical Area (CBCA).">“Critical Area”, 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="(v)" heading="Critical Area Management Program (CBCA).">“Critical Area Management Program”, 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="(w)" heading="Crude oil terminal.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="“Crude oil” defined.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">“Crude oil” means any naturally occurring liquid petroleum that is:<para num="(A)">extracted from geological formations beneath the earth’s surface; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">requires further refinement before consumer use.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Exclusions.">“Crude oil” does not include finished products derived from petroleum including  asphalt.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="“Crude oil terminal” defined.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">“Crude oil terminal” means a facility that receives, stores, transfers, ships, or processes crude oil.</para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Exclusions.">“Crude oil terminal” does not include facilities owned or operated by a rail carrier, as defined in U.S. Code Title 49, Subtitle IV, Part A, Chapter 101, § 10102 {“Definitions”}.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(x)" heading="Cultural facility.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Cultural facility” means a facility that provides cultural services and facilities to the public.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Illustrations.">“Cultural facility” includes any of the following, whether operated by a public, non-profit, or private entity:<para num="(i)">a museum;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an historical society; or</para>
        <para num="(iii)">a library.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Inclusions.">“Cultural facility” includes the following accessory uses designed and intended primarily for patrons of the facility:<para num="(i)">a gift or souvenir shop; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a restaurant or refreshment stands.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(y)" heading="Data center.">“Data center” means a facility or portion of a facility:<para num="(1)">that is used primarily for the remote storage, processing, and distribution of data; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">that is capable of using 10 megawatts or more of electricity.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(z)" heading="Day-care center: Adult.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Day-care center: Adult” means an establishment that provides care for 3 or more elderly or functionally impaired adults on less than a 24-hour basis.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“Day-care center: Adult” does not include:<para num="(i)">a program that, as an accessory use to a place of worship, provides care for elderly or functionally impaired adults; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">an adult day-care home.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(aa)" heading="Day-care center: Child.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Day-care center: Child” means an establishment that provides care for 3 or more children on less than a 24-hour basis.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Exclusions.">“Day-care center: Child” does not include:<para num="(i)">a program that, as an accessory use to an educational facility or a place of worship, provides care for children; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">a child day-care home.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 18-110</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-350</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
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