“Floor” means the story or level of a building. Floors may be classified as follows:

“Basement” or “Cellar” means a space having one half or more of its floor to ceiling height below the average finished level of the adjoining ground measured from pre-construction or post-construction grade, whichever is more restrictive, and having a floor to ceiling height of six and one half feet (6 1/2') or more. (See also Appendix to Article 2 for associated Land Use Code graphic.)

For the purposes of Section 3-213, “Historic Commercial Zone District”:

“Basement” means a space located completely below the Ground Floor or below a Mezzanine Floor;

“Ground Floor” means the at-grade, ground floor, street-level floor, or first floor of a building, other than a Basement and includes Mezzanine-Level floors; and

“Mezzanine Level” means an intermediate floor located between the basement and the first floor or the first floor and second floor.