N.Y.C. Admin. Code § BC 304: Section BC 304: Business Group B
Where this section sits in the code
- New York City Administrative Code
- Title 28
- Chapter 7: New York City Building Code
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)
304.2 Definitions.
The following terms are defined in Chapter 2:
AMBULATORY CARE FACILITY.
CLINIC, OUTPATIENT.
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