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Bars. Establishments that provide on-site alcoholic beverage sales for drinking on the premises and do <br />not admit persons under the age of 21. This classification includes businesses with Alcoholic Beverage <br />Control (ABC) licenses of 40, 42, 48, 49 or 61. <br />Basement. For zoning purposes, a basement is the space below the bottom of the floor framing (joists <br />or girders that directly support the floor sheathing) and the basement floor. To qualify as a basement, <br />no more than 50 percent of the perimeter exterior wall may exceed six feet above the exterior grade <br />and no portion may exceed 12 feet above the exterior grade at any point. If any part of a basement is <br />seven feet six inches or higher, then all areas greater than five feet zero inches in height shall count as <br />area for FAR calculations. Basements are not considered as a story (also refer to definition of “Story, <br />First”). <br />Basement <br />(The diagram is illustrative) <br />Bedroom. A room used for sleeping, living, or dining purposes, excluding enclosed places (e.g., closets, <br />pantries, bath or toilet rooms, service rooms, connecting corridors, laundries, unfinished attics, foyers, <br />storage spaces, cellars, utility rooms and similar spaces). <br />Bed and Breakfast Inns. Establishments with no more than six guest rooms, offering lodging on a <br />short-term rental not to exceed 30 days, typically in a converted single-family or multi-family dwelling, <br />with incidental eating and drinking service for lodgers only provided from a single kitchen and which <br />have a resident manager or owner. <br />Beer and Wine Stores. A retail store principally involved in the business of selling alcoholic beverages, <br />excluding sales of “hard liquor,” “fortified wine,” or distilled spirits for consumption off the premises <br />where sold. Stores shall be managed by a certified wine expert (sommelier or oenologist) or a certified <br />beer expert (cicerone). This classification includes beer- or wine-only shops or facilities that are <br />covered by a State license for “beer and wine” (Class 20 ABC license). This classification includes beer <br />or wine tasting as an accessory use only, but does not allow for the establishment of a bar. This <br />395