The following uses are Ground Level Uses, and are allowed uses within the Bulfinch Triangle District, provided that uses described in Use Items No. 34A and No. 38A of Section 8-3 (Use Regulations) are forbidden. This list is intended to be illustrative of Ground Level Uses and not exclusive.

Antique stores

Appliances, repair shops

Appliances, sales

Art galleries, commercial and nonprofit

Art metal craft shops

Art needle work shops

Artists' supply and music stores

Athletic goods stores

Bakeries or pastry shops

Bank branch offices

Bank machines, provided that the ground level street frontage of a bank facility containing only bank machines is limited to twenty five (25) feet

Barber shops

Beauty parlors

Bicycle stores, rental or repair

Book stores or card stores

Cafes

Candy stores

Carpet, rugs, linoleum, or other floor covering stores

Child care centers

Accessory family child care home

Churches

Cigar stores

Clock or watch stores or repair shops

Clothing retail establishments

Clothing stores (men's, women's, children's apparel)

Clubs, noncommercial

Coffee shops

Coin stores

Community centers

Costume rental establishments

Dance halls, public

Delicatessen stores

Department stores

Diners

Dressmaking shops, custom

Drug stores

Dry cleaning establishments or laundromats

Dry goods or fabric stores

Electronic, video, or audio sales or repair

Entrance/exit to public transit facilities

Fabric or yarn store

Fire stations

Fishing tackle or equipment stores or rental establishments

Florist shops

Food stores, including supermarkets, produce and grocery stores and markets, delicatessens, and stores selling prepared food/special food, health foods, spices and herbs, coffees, teas, meat, fish, poultry, cheese, and the like

Furniture stores

Furrier shops, custom

Gift shops

Hair products for headwear

Hardware stores

Historical exhibits, open to the public generally

Hobby shops

Housewares

Household appliance repair shops

Ice cream stores

Interior decorating establishments

Jewelry shops

Kitchenware

Lamp shops

Leather goods or luggage stores

Libraries, open to the public generally

Lobby of health club or gym, hotel, offices, or residence, provided the Lobby Entrance Area does not exceed twenty-five (25) feet.

Locksmith shops

Luggage stores

Millinery shops

Motion pictures or video production studio

Museums, open to the public generally

Music stores

Musical instruments, repair

Newsstands, enclosed

Office or business machine stores, sales or rental

Optician or optometrist establishments

Orthopedic stores

Paint stores

Parish houses

Parks, public or private

Party shops

Perfume shops

Pet shops

Photographic developing or printing establishments

Photographic equipment stores

Photographic studios

Photographic supply stores

Photostating establishments

Picture framing stores

Police stations

Post offices

Printing establishments

Radio appliance shop, repair or sales

Record stores

Recreational centers

Restaurants, provided that take-out restaurant uses are conditional as provided in Section 46-9.3

Schools

Sewing machine stores, selling household machines

Shoe repair and shoeshine shops

Shoe stores

Sign painting shops

Skating rinks, outdoor ice

Sporting goods stores

Sports shop

Stamp stores

Stationery stores

Studios: music, dancing, visual arts, or theatrical

Tailor shops, custom

Telegraph, FAX, or express mail offices

Television repair shops

Theater

Ticket sales

Tobacco stores

Tour operator

Toy stores

Travel agency

Typewriter stores

Typewriter or other small business machine repair stores

Variety or convenience stores

Video or motion picture store, sale or rentals

Wallpaper stores

(Text Amd. No. 464, §§ 3a., 3f., 11-8-2023; Text Amd. No. 471, § 14g., 4-3-2024)

For the purposes of this Article only, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings indicated.

Bulfinch Triangle District means the area, so entitled, depicted on Map 1J of this Code.

Bulfinch Triangle District Plan means the comprehensive plan, adopted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority pursuant to Chapter 652 of the Acts of 1960, Section 3 of Chapter 4 of the Ordinances of 1952, and Section 27D-18 of the Code, which sets forth the planning policies, development controls, and design guidelines for the Bullfinch Triangle District, as defined therein.

Central Artery Special District Plan means the comprehensive plan, adopted by the Boston Redevelopment Authority pursuant to Chapter 652 of the Acts of 1960, Section 3 of Chapter 4 of the Ordinances of 1952, and Section 27D-18 of the Code, which sets forth the planning policies, development controls, and design guidelines for the Central Artery Special District, as defined therein.

Ground Floor Ceiling Height means the height of the underside of the floor structure of the second floor.

Ground Level Uses means the uses listed in Appendix A to this Article.

Lobby Entrance Area means the frontage at street level of the main lobby of a structure, most usually those with office, residential, or hotel uses.

Street Wall means the exterior wall or portion of the exterior wall of a Proposed Project that faces a street (excluding public alleys and courts) on which such Proposed Project is located.

Substantial Accord means, with respect to building height, that the vertical distance from grade to the top of the structure of the highest occupied floor of a Proposed Project shall not exceed the specified height limit for the site by more than six (6) feet.

(Text Amd. No. 463, § 28, 8-16-2023)