§ 11-30. Mount Washington Business District.

(a) District established.

The area within the following boundaries is declared to be a Retail Business District, to be known as the "Mount Washington Business District":

Beginning for the same at a point formed by the intersection of the eastern right-of-way of the MTA Light Rail and an extended line of the northern right-of-way line of Smith Avenue; thence running in a westerly direction, crossing the MTA Light Rail along said extended line and binding on said line and the northern right-of-way line of Smith Avenue to a point of intersection with an extended line of the western right-of-way line of Greely Road; thence running in a southerly direction crossing Smith Avenue along said extended line and binding on said line and the western right-of-way line of Greely Road to a point of intersection with the northern right-of-way line of Kelly Avenue; thence running in a southeasterly direction crossing Kelly Avenue in a straight line and binding on that line, to a point formed by the intersection of the western right-of-way line of Kelly Avenue and the southern right-of-way line of Sulgrave Avenue; thence running easterly along the southern right-of-way line of Kelly Avenue and binding on that line to a point of intersection with the eastern property line of Lot 1, Ward 27, Section 17, Block 4700-A; thence running in an easterly direction in a straight line and binding on that line, across South Road to a point formed by the intersection of the southern right-of-way line of South Road with the western property line of Lot 9, Ward 27, Section 17, Block 4706-E; thence running in an easterly direction along the south side of Kelly Avenue to intersect with the eastern right-of-way line of the MTA Light Rail right of way; thence running northerly and binding on the eastern right-of-way line of the MTA Light Rail to intersect an extended straight line of the northern boundary of Lot 1, Ward 27, Section 17, Block 4656-B; thence running westerly along said extended straight line to the point of beginning.

(b) Calculation of fee.

(1) The fee for the Mount Washington Business District license shall be based on the total number of square feet 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 that 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 for purposes of calculating and paying the license fee.

(3) The Mount Washington Business District fee shall be calculated by:

(i) determining the number of square feet of licensable space for each business establishment, as specified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection; and

(ii) assessing that establishment as follows:

(A) for each establishment with less than 800 square feet, the fee is $200; and

(B) for each establishment with 800 or more square feet, the fee is $400.

(c) Voting.

Voting on the annual budget shall be by a majority of the licensees voting, in person or by written proxy, at a meeting called by the Mount Washington Merchants Association for that purpose. Each licensee is entitled to 1 vote per licensed establishment.