BUSINESS DISTRICT is that portion of a highway and the property contiguous thereto (a) upon one side of which highway, for a distance of six hundred (600) feet, fifty per cent (50%) or more of the contiguous property fronting thereon is occupied by buildings in use for business, or (b) upon both sides of which highway, collectively, for a distance of three hundred (300) feet, fifty per cent (50%) or more of the contiguous property fronting thereon is so occupied. A business district may be longer than the distances specified in this section if the above ratio of buildings in use for business to the length of highway exists.
(Ord. 1 § 3400.1, added by Ord. 15; November 19, 1956)