For the purpose of this chapter, unless it is plainly evident from the context that a different meaning is intended, the following definitions shall apply:
"Building" shall mean any structure having a roof supported by a columns or by walls and designed for the shelter or housing of any person, chattel or property of any kind. The word "building" includes the word "structure".
"Business license officer" shall have the same meaning as defined in Section 5.04.100 of Chapter 5.04 of this Code.
"City" shall mean City of La Puente.
"City council" shall mean the city council of the City of La Puente.
"Code" shall mean the La Puente Municipal Code.
"Gross receipts" shall mean the total of the amounts of monetary consideration actually received or receivable for medical marijuana, medical marijuana products, overhead costs, operating expenses or related services, whatsoever, including but not limited to: membership dues, any monetary contributions, payments, reimbursements or fees for cultivation, distribution, dispensing, storing, exchanging, processing, delivering, making available or transmitting medical marijuana, medical marijuana edible products pursuant to Health & Safety Code §§ 11362.5 and 11362.7-11362.83, overhead costs, operating expenses or services in connections therewith. Included in gross receipts shall be all receipts, cash, credits and property of any kind without deduction of the cost of the property sold, the cost of the materials used, labor or service costs, interest paid or payable, or losses or other expenses whatsoever.
"Medical marijuana cooperative" shall have the same meaning as the term "Medical Marijuana Cooperative or Collective", as defined in Section 5.58.020 of Chapter 5.58 of this Code.
"Licensee" shall mean a person who has been issued a business license for transacting or carrying on the business of or operating a medical marijuana cooperative pursuant to Chapter 5.04 of this Code.
"Square foot" and "square footage" shall mean the horizontal areas of all floors, including usable basement and cellars, below the roof and within the outer surface of the main walls of buildings (or the center lines of party walls separating such building or portions thereof) or within lines drawn parallel to and two feet within the roof line of any building or portion thereof without walls (which includes square footage of all porches), and including pedestrian access walkways or corridors, but excluding the following:
(1) Areas used for off-street parking spaces or loading berths and driveways and maneuvering aisles relating thereto.
(2) Areas which are outdoor or semi-outdoor areas included as part of the building to provide a pleasant and health environment for the occupants thereof and the neighborhood in which the building is located. This exempted area is limited to stoops, balconies and to natural ground areas, terraces, pools and patios which are landscaped and developed for active or passive recreational use, and which are accessible for use by occupants of the building and which are not designed or used as sales, display, storage, service or production areas,
(3) Arcades, porticoes, and similar open areas which are located at or near street level, which are accessible to the general public, and which are not designed or used as sales, display, storage, service or production areas.
"Structure" shall mean anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires location on the ground or attachment to something having location on the ground.
(Ord. 904 § 2 (part), 2010)