890.104

SEC. 890.104. SALES AND SERVICES, RETAIL. A commercial use which provides goods and/or services directly to the consumer and not for resale and is accessible to the general public. (Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87)

SEC. 890.106. SERVICE, ADMINISTRATIVE. A use, generally an office use, which provides executive, management, administrative, clerical and other services exclusively to the business community and not to the general public. It does not include services which are available to the general public. Administrative services may include accessory storage, but not the storage of building materials, contractor's equipment, or maintenance equipment for nonresidential structures, or items, other than samples, for wholesale sale. (Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; amended by Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90) SEC. 890.108. SERVICE, PROFESSIONAL. A use, generally an office use, which provides professional services to the general public or to other businesses including, but not limited to, accounting, legal, consulting, insurance, real estate brokerage, advertising agencies, public relations agencies, computer and data processing services, employment agencies, management consultants and other similar consultants, telephone message services, and travel services. Within the Chinatown Mixed Use Districts, this definition shall also apply to building, plumbing, electrical, painting, roofing, furnace or pest control contractors and storage of incidental equipment and supplies used by them, if located entirely within an enclosed building having no openings other than fixed windows or exits required by law within 50 feet of an R District, and if the storage of equipment and supplies does not occupy more than of the total gross floor area of the use. No processing of building materials, such as mixing of concrete or heating of asphalt shall be conducted on the premises. Parking, loading and unloading of all vehicles used by the contractor shall be located entirely within the building containing the use. This use shall not include research services of an industrial or scientific nature in a commercial or medical laboratory, other than routine medical testing and analysis by a health-care professional or hospital. (Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; amended by Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90) SEC. 890.110. SERVICE, FINANCIAL. A use, which provides banking services and products to the public, such as banks, savings and loans, and credit unions, when occupying more than 15 feet of linear frontage or 200 square feet of gross floor area. Any applicant for a financial service use shall provide the Planning Department with a true copy of the license issued to it by the State of California. (Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87 amended by Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 269-07, File No. 070671, App. 11/26/2007) SEC. 890.111. SERVICE, BUSINESS. A use that provides the following kinds of services to businesses and/or to the general public and does not fall under the definition of “office” pursuant to Section 890.70: radio and television stations; newspaper bureaus; magazine and trade publication publishing; microfilm recording; slide duplicating; bulk mail services; parcel shipping services; parcel labeling and packaging services; messenger delivery/courier services; sign painting and lettering services; building maintenance services; and cannabis delivery services. (Added by Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 298-08, File No. 081153, App. 12/19/2008; amended by Ord. 229-17, File No. 171041, App. 12/6/2017, Eff. 1/5/2018) AMENDMENT HISTORY Section amended; Ord. 229-17, Eff. 1/5/2018. SEC. 890.112. SERVICE, LIMITED FINANCIAL. A retail use which provides banking services, when not occupying more than 15 feet of linear frontage or 200 square feet of gross floor area. Automated teller machines, if installed within such a facility or on an exterior wall as a walk-up facility, are included in this category; however, these machines are not subject to the hours of operation, as defined in Section 890.48 of this Code and set forth in zoning category number .27 of Sections 810 through 812 of this Code for each district. Any applicant for a limited financial service use shall provide the Planning Department with a true copy of the license issued to it by the State of California. (Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; Ord. 269-07, File No. 070671, App. 11/26/2007) SEC. 890.113. SERVICE, FRINGE FINANCIAL. A retail use that provides banking services and products to the public and is owned or operated by a "check casher" as defined in California Civil Code Section 1789.31, as amended from time to time, or by a "licensee" as defined in California Financial Code Section 23001(d), as amended from time to time. Any applicant for a fringe financial service use shall provide the Planning Department with a true copy of the license issued to it by the State of California. (Ord. 269-07, File No. 070671, App. 11/26/2007) SEC. 890.114. SERVICE, HEALTH. (See Interpretations related to this Section.) A use, generally an office use, which provides medical and allied health services to the individual by physicians, surgeons, dentists, podiatrists, psychologists, psychiatrists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, Sole Massage Practitioners, or any other health-care professionals when licensed by a State-sanctioned Board overseeing the provision of medically oriented services. It includes a clinic, primarily providing outpatient care in medical, psychiatric or other health services, and not part of a hospital or medical center, as defined in Section 890.44 of this Code. (Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; amended by Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 139-09, File No. 090402, App. 7/2/2009 ; Ord. 73-15, File No. 141303, App. 5/28/2015, Eff. 6/27/2015; Ord. 233-21, File No. 210381, App. 12/22/2021, Eff. 1/22/2022; Ord. 37-22, File No. 211263, App. 3/14/2022, Eff. 4/14/2022) AMENDMENT HISTORY Section amended; Ord. 73-15, Eff. 6/27/2015. Section header and section amended; Ord. 233-21, Eff. 1/22/2022 and Ord. 37-22, Eff. 4/14/2022. SEC. 890.116. SERVICE, PERSONAL. (See Interpretations related to this Section.) A retail use which provides grooming services to the individual, including salons, cosmetic services, tattoo parlors, and health spas; and instructional services not certified by the State Educational Agency, such as art, dance, exercise, martial arts, and music classes. (Added by Ord. 131-87, App. 4/24/87; amended by Ord. 115-90, App. 4/6/90; Ord. 296-18, File No. 180184, App. 12/12/2018, Eff. 1/12/2019; Ord. 111-21, File No. 210285, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021) AMENDMENT HISTORY Section amended; Ord. 296-18, Eff. 1/12/2019. Section amended; Ord. 111-21, Eff. 9/4/2021. SEC. 890.118. STORY. That portion of a building included between the upper surface of any floor and the upper surface of the floor next above, except that the topmost story shall be that portion of a building included between the upper surface of the topmost floor and the ceiling or roof above. It shall include any mezzanine, or intermediate level, the area of which does not exceed 33 1/3% of the total area of the floor, provided that the mezzanine is an open and integral part of the story of which it is a portion and there is no more than one mezzanine level per story. (a) Basement. Space located below the first story of a building when such space is of sufficient floor to ceiling height for legal occupancy. (b) Story, First. The highest building story with a floor level which is not more than six feet above grade at the centerline of the frontage of the lot where grade is defined.