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For the purposes of this Chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context requires otherwise.

A. "Cell phone" means a portable wireless telephone device that is designed to send or receive transmissions through a cellular radiotelephone service, as defined in Section 22.99 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations. A cell phone does not include a wireless telephone device that is integrated into the electrical architecture of a motor vehicle.

B. "Cell phone retailer" means any person or entity that sells or leases, or offers to sell or lease, Cell phones to the public, where the sale or lease occurs within the City of Berkeley, including Formula cell phone retailers. "Cell phone retailer" shall not include: (1) anyone selling or leasing Cell phones over the telephone, by mail, or over the internet; or (2) anyone selling or leasing Cell phones directly to the public at a convention, trade show, or conference, or otherwise selling or leasing Cell phones directly to the public within the City of Berkeley on fewer than 10 days in a year.

C. "Formula cell phone retailer" means a Cell phone retailer that sells or leases cell phones to the public, or which offers Cell phones for sale or lease, through a retail sales establishment located in the City of Berkeley that, along with eleven or more other retail sales establishments located in the United States, maintains two or more of the following features: a standardized array of merchandise; a standardized facade; a standardized decor and color scheme; a uniform apparel; standardized signage; or, a trademark or service mark. (Ord. 7404-NS § 1 (part), 2015)