§ 11-27. Hamilton.

(a) District established.

The area located within the boundaries set forth in this section is hereby declared to be a Retail Business District and may be referred to as "Hamilton Business District":

Beginning for the same at the point formed by the intersecting centerlines of Harford Road and E. Strathmore Avenue; thence running northwesterly 110 feet + along the center line of E. Strathmore Avenue; thence running northeasterly 125 feet +; thence running northwesterly 68 feet + to intersect the centerline of the adjoining alley; thence running northeasterly along said centerline 128 feet +; thence running northwesterly 5 feet +; thence running northeasterly 217 feet +; thence running northwesterly 190 feet +; thence running northeasterly 121 feet + to intersect the centerline of the 20 foot + alley; thence running northeasterly 185 feet + along said centerline; thence running northwesterly 160 feet + along the last mentioned centerline; thence running northeasterly 220 feet + to intersect the centerline of Gibbons Avenue; thence running southeasterly 80 feet + along said centerline to intersect the centerline of a 20 foot alley as extended; thence running northeasterly 210 feet + along said centerline to intersect the centerline of the adjoining 20 foot alley; thence running northwesterly 380 feet + along the last mentioned centerline; thence running northeasterly 230 feet + to intersect the centerline of Hamilton Avenue; thence running northwesterly along said centerline 55 feet + to intersect the centerline of Hampnett Avenue; thence running northeasterly 340 feet +; then running southeasterly 105 feet +; thence running northeasterly 138 feet + to intersect centerline of Evergreen Avenue; thence running southeasterly 110 feet + along said centerline; thence running northeasterly 154 feet +; thence running northwesterly 180 feet +; thence running northeasterly 140 feet + to intersect the centerline of Bayonne Avenue; thence running southeasterly 70 feet + to intersect the centerline of Harford Road; thence running northeasterly 83 feet + to intersect the centerline of Bayonne Avenue; thence running southeasterly 273 feet +; thence running southwesterly 175 feet +; thence running southeasterly 131 feet +; thence running southwesterly 90 feet +; thence running northwesterly 188 feet +; thence running southwesterly 133 feet + to intersect the centerline of Evergreen Avenue; thence running southeasterly 40 feet + along said centerline; thence running southwesterly 97 feet +; thence running southeasterly 131 feet +; to intersect the centerline of Richard Avenue; thence running 210 feet + along said centerline to intersect the centerline of Wisteria Avenue; thence running 400 feet + along the last mentioned centerline to intersect the centerline of Arabia Avenue; thence running southwesterly 283 feet + along the last mentioned centerline to intersect the centerline of Hamilton Avenue; thence running northwesterly 60 feet + along the centerline of Hamilton Avenue; thence running southwesterly 230 feet + to intersect the centerline of Saint Johns Avenue; thence running northwesterly 375 feet + along said centerline; thence running southwesterly 228 feet + to intersect the centerline of Gibbons Avenue; thence running southeasterly 185 feet +; thence running southwesterly 268 feet +; thence running northwesterly 140 feet +; thence running southwesterly 53 feet +; thence running northwesterly 50 feet +; thence running southwesterly 111 feet + to intersect the centerline of Echodale Avenue; thence running northwesterly 20 feet + along said centerline to intersect the centerline of a 12 foot alley as extended; thence running southwesterly along said centerline 249 feet +; thence running southeasterly 90 feet + to intersect the centerline of a 13 foot alley; thence running southwesterly 173 feet + to intersect the centerline of Batavia Avenue; thence running northwesterly along said centerline 243 feet + to intersect the centerline of Harford Road; thence running southwesterly 60 feet + along said centerline to the point of beginning.

(b) Calculation of fee.

(1) The fee for the Hamilton Business District license shall be based upon the total number of square feet of 1^st -floor space for each business establishment occupied for retail, service, rental, or professional services rendered by that establishment, whether the premises are owned, leased, or otherwise held by such business establishment.

(2) Parking lots and warehouses are exempt from the payment of any fee. However, storage space incidental to a business establishment's primary business is not exempt hereunder for purposes of calculation and payment of this license fee.

(3) The Hamilton Business District fee shall be calculated by determining the number of square feet of licensable space as specified above for each business establishment and assessing them as follows:

(i) from 0 to 1,000 square feet, the fee shall be $100;

(ii) from 1,001 to 2,000 square feet, the fee shall be $175;

(iii) from 2,001 to 3,000 square feet, the fee shall be $250; and

(iv) all establishments having greater than 3,000 square feet shall be assessed $325.

(4) Wholly-owned subsidiaries shall be billed as a separate business if operating under a name different from the parent organization.

Voting on the annual budget shall be by a majority vote of the licensees, voting in person or by written proxy, at a meeting called by the Hamilton Business Association for that purpose. Each licensee shall have 1 vote per licensed establishment, and no vote shall carry except by a majority of votes cast.