{"data":{"id":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-bc-304","jurisdiction":"us-nyc","citation":"N.Y.C. Admin. Code § BC 304","heading":"Section BC 304: Business Group B","body":"304.1 Business Group B.\n\nBusiness 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:\n\nAirport traffic control towers\n\nAmbulatory care facilities\n\nAnimal hospitals, kennels, pounds, veterinary clinics and pet shops\n\nBanks\n\nBarber and beauty shops\n\nCivic administration offices\n\nClinic-outpatient, including group medical centers, and neighborhood family care centers\n\nCustodial 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\n\nDry cleaning and laundries; pick-up and delivery stations and self-service\n\nEducational 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\n\nElectronic data processing\n\nLaboratories; nonproduction testing and research, as per Section 427\n\nLibraries when not classified in Group E\n\nMotor vehicle showrooms\n\nOffices\n\nPost offices\n\nPhotocopying and printing shops using electronic printing equipment\n\nProfessional services (architects, attorneys, dentists, physicians, engineers, etc.)\n\nRadio and television stations not admitting an audience\n\nTelephone exchanges\n\nTraining 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)\n\n304.2 Definitions.\n\nThe following terms are defined in Chapter 2:\n\nAMBULATORY CARE FACILITY.\n\nCLINIC, OUTPATIENT.","path":["New York City Administrative Code","Title 28","Chapter 7: New York City Building Code"],"source_url":"https://files.amlegal.com/pdffiles/NewYorkCity/Admin/XML.zip","current_through":"Local Law 2026/135 (enacted August 31, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T02:48:57Z","sha256":"bbe4b8440f52d4795ad32c13cbecc05437814591f82901d314d8efad62414c6f","source_id":"us-nyc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-bc-303","next":"us-nyc/n.y.c.-admin.-code-bc-305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}