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Number Twelve  Appendix
Definitions:

(Definitions current as of 12/10.  For the most current information, see the Zoning Code glossary.)

Alcoholic Beverage Sales.
  The retail sale of alcoholic beverages for onsite or offsite consumption, including liquor stores, convenience food stores, markets, taverns, bars, and restaurants with bars.  This does not include restaurants, which serve alcoholic beverages as part of a meal.

Bar/Tavern.  A business where alcoholic beverages are sold for on-site consumption, which are not part of a larger restaurant.  Includes bars, taverns, pubs, and similar establishments where any food service is subordinate to the sale of alcoholic beverages.  May also include beer brewing as part of a microbrewery or brew-pub, and other beverage tasting facilities.  Does not include adult oriented businesses.

Night Club.  A facility serving alcoholic beverages for on-site consumption, and providing entertainment, examples of which include live music and/or dancing, comedy, etc.

Restaurant, Café, Coffee Shop.  A retail business selling ready-to-eat food and/or beverages for on- or off-premise consumption.  These include:

1.     Counter ordering.  An establishment where customers are served from a walk-up ordering counter for either on- or off-premise consumption;

2.     Table service.
  An establishment where customers are served food at their tables for on-premise consumption, which may also provide food for take-out; and

3.     Outdoor dining.  An establishment with either counter ordering or table service that provides a defined outdoor area for eating, which may be a sidewalk café where allowed by Encroachment Permit.

4.     Serving Alcohol.   Any of the above restaurants, cafes, coffee shops which serve beer, wine or distilled spirits with the meal.

A restaurant may include ancillary catering services.


For current zoning information see the City Zoning Code.  Be aware of the Code Alerts that link to PDFs of recent ordinances that have yet to be inserted into the Code.  These ordinances may contain pertinent changes to portions of the Zoning Code.

 

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