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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 1-314 “Tavern” to “Wholesale Goods”.">
  <section prefix="§" num="1-314" heading="“Tavern” to “Wholesale Goods”.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Tavern.">“Tavern” means a business establishment that:<para num="(1)">is devoted primarily to serving alcoholic beverages to the public for on-premises consumption; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">might or might not also:<para num="(i)">serve food; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">sell alcoholic beverages for off-premises consumption.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Through lot.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Lot: Through”.</para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Transparency (of facade).">“Transparency”, when used in reference to a building’s facade, means the percentage of the facade that consists of glass.</para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Truck repair.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Truck repair” means an establishment that is engaged in the repair and servicing of trucks.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="“Truck” defined.">In this subsection, “truck” means a commercial vehicle of more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Truck stop.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Truck stop” means a facility primarily for the retail sale of fuel for commercial vehicles.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Truck stop” includes:<para num="(i)">incidental repair or servicing of commercial vehicles; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">facilities for parking and for drivers to eat and rest.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Truck terminal.">“Truck terminal” means a facility primarily:<para num="(1)">to accommodate the transfer of goods to trucks, truck trailers, or other vehicles; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">to accommodate the parking or storage of commercial vehicles or trailers.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(g)" heading="Unshielded lighting.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Lighting: Unshielded”.</para>
    <para num="(h)" heading="Urban agriculture.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Urban agriculture” means the cultivation, processing, and marketing of food, with a primary emphasis on operating as a business enterprise.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">
        <para num="(i)">“Urban agriculture” includes:<para num="(A)">animal husbandry;</para>
          <para num="(B)">aquaculture;</para>
          <para num="(C)">agro-forestry;</para>
          <para num="(D)">vineyards and wineries; and</para>
          <para num="(E)">horticulture.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">“Urban agriculture” might involve the use of:<para num="(A)">intensive production methods;</para>
          <para num="(B)">structures for extended growing seasons;</para>
          <para num="(C)">on-site sale of produce; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">composting.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(i)" heading="Use.">“Use” means:<para num="(1)">any purpose for which land or a structure is used, occupied, or intended to be used or occupied; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">any activity, occupation, business, or operation that is carried out on land or in a structure.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(j)" heading="Use: Accessory.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Accessory use”.</para>
    <para num="(k)" heading="Use: Conditional.">“Use: Conditional” means a use that:<para num="(1)">may be authorized by the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals or, if required by this Code, by Ordinance of the Mayor and City Council as a special exception under the State Land Use Article; and</para>
      <para num="(2)">is subject to review and approval by the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals or by the Mayor and City Council, as the case may be, and the imposition of conditions or restrictions under this Code.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(k-1)" heading="Single-family dwelling.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Dwelling: Single-family”.</para>
    <para num="(l)" heading="Use: Permitted.">“Use: Permitted” means a use allowed in a zoning district without the need for special administrative review and approval, as long as it conforms to all the applicable requirements and standards of this Code.</para>
    <para num="(m)" heading="Use: Principal.">“Use: Principal” means the main use of land or a structure, as distinguished from an accessory use.</para>
    <para num="(n)" heading="Utilities.">“Utilities” includes:<para num="(1)">natural gas lines, power lines, alternative energy systems, steamlines, telephone lines, cable television lines, fiber optic lines, and other communication lines;</para>
      <para num="(2)">above ground private utility structures, such as pedestals for cable wire access or other access points for underground infrastructure (communications wiring or fiber optic);</para>
      <para num="(3)">appurtenances and components of these; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">the operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement of these.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(o)" heading="Vehicle dismantling facility.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Vehicle dismantling facility” means an establishment for the buying, selling, trading, storing, or otherwise dealing in vehicles for the purpose of dismantling the vehicles and buying, selling, storing, or trading their integral parts or component materials.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Vehicle dismantling facility” includes pull-or-pick-apart facilities, salvage pools, salvage auctions, and businesses and individuals that handle salvage vehicles.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(p)" heading="Video lottery facility.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Video lottery facility” means a facility that has been awarded a Video Lottery Operation License by the Maryland Video Lottery Location Commission under State Government Article, Title 9, Subtitle 1A.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Video lottery facility” includes:<para num="(i)">the permitted number of video lottery terminals;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">associated food and beverage operations;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">associated live entertainment and dancing; and</para>
        <para num="(iv)">associated parking facilities located on adjacent lots.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(q)" heading="Vocational school.">&lt;em&gt;See &lt;/em&gt;“Educational facility: Commercial-vocational”.</para>
    <para num="(r)" heading="Warehouse.">“Warehouse” means a facility for the storage and distribution of products, supplies, and equipment.</para>
    <para num="(s)" heading="Water-dependent facilities.">“Water-dependent facilities”, 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="(t)" heading="Waterfreight terminal.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Waterfreight terminal” means a facility used for waterborne commodities.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Waterfreight terminal” includes docks, piers, wharves, storage sheds, and rail and truck facilities that service or relate to, a waterfreight terminal.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(u)" heading="Wholesale goods establishment.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">“Wholesale goods establishment” means a facility primarily engaged in:<para num="(i)">selling or distributing merchandise to retailers, to industrial, commercial, institutional, or professional business users, or to other wholesalers; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">acting as an agent or broker and buying merchandise for, or selling merchandise to, businesses of the sort listed.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Inclusions.">“Wholesale goods establishment” includes the following accessory uses:<para num="(i)">a showroom for the display of items stored on-site; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">retail sales to the public.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 16-581</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 17-015</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-350</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
