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City of San Mateo Municipal Code.

7.44.020 DEFINITIONS.

(a) CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT (CBD). The portion of downtown San Mateo that is zoned as the CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

(b) AWNING. For the purposes of this chapter, it is a rooflike cover, temporary in nature, which projects from the wall of a retail building or overhangs the public way.

(c) STOREFRONT WINDOW. Any window of any CBD property at street level that if not covered, would allow the public to see into the store.

(d) VACANT PROPERTY. For the purposes of this chapter, a CBD property is considered "vacant" if there is no current signed lease agreement, the property is not undergoing continuous remodeling or construction, or the property has been unoccupied or not open for business for more than thirty (30) days.