BC 304 — Business Group B

Section BC 304: Business Group B

304.1 Business Group B. Business Group B occupancy includes, among others, the use of a building or structure, or a portion thereof, for office, professional, service-type transactions, or for conducting public or civic services, including the incidental storage of records and accounts and the incidental storage of limited quantities of stocks of goods for office use or purposes. Business Group B occupancies shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Airport traffic control towers Ambulatory care facilities Animal hospitals, kennels, pounds, veterinary clinics and pet shops Banks Barber and beauty shops Civic administration offices Clinic-outpatient, including group medical centers, and neighborhood family care centers Custodial care facilities with fewer than 75 persons, providing care to persons over the age of 2, where no more than four occupants are incapable of responding to an emergency situation without physical assistance from staff Dry cleaning and laundries; pick-up and delivery stations and self-service Educational occupancies for students above the 12th grade, where not classified in Group A. Such occupancy may be used occasionally for educational purposes offered to children through the 12th grade Electronic data processing Laboratories; nonproduction testing and research, as per Section 427 Libraries when not classified in Group E Motor vehicle showrooms Offices Post offices Photocopying and printing shops using electronic printing equipment Professional services (architects, attorneys, dentists, physicians, engineers, etc.) Radio and television stations not admitting an audience Telephone exchanges Training and skill development not in a school or academic program (this shall include, but not be limited to, tutoring centers, martial arts studios, gymnastics and similar uses regardless of the ages served, and where not classified as a Group A occupancy) (Am. L.L. 2015/078, 9/2/2015, eff. 12/31/2015) 304.2 Definitions. The following terms are defined in Chapter 2: AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY. CLINIC, OUTPATIENT.