Classification	Definition
Residential	This category includes uses that provide living accommodations for one or more persons
Commercial office	This category includes uses in an enclosed building, customarily performed in an office, that focus on providing executive, management, administrative, government, professional, or medical services
Transportation parking	Parking that is not provided to comply with minimum off-street parking requirements and that is not provided exclusively to serve occupants of or visitors to a particular use, but rather is available to the public at-large. A parking facility that provides both accessory and nonaccessory parking shall be classified as non-accessory parking if it leases 25% or more of its spaces to non-occupants of or persons other than visitors to a particular use
Park open space	Recreational facilities associated with pastimes that are incidental to natural open space. These facilities require minor land development, require minimal maintenance, and have little impact on natural open space
Cultural & natural history	Museum-like preservation and exhibition of objects in one or more of the arts and sciences, gallery exhibition of works of art, or library collection of books, manuscripts, and similar materials for study and reading
Commercial store	This category includes uses involving the sale, lease, or rental of new or used goods to the ultimate consumer within an enclosed structure, unless otherwise specified
Education	Public and private schools at the primary, elementary, junior high, or high school level that provide basic education; colleges and other institutions of higher learning that offer courses of general or specialized study leading to a degree
Hotel motel	Uses that provide temporary lodging for fewer than 30 days where rents are charged by the day or by the week or portion thereof and may also provide food or entertainment primarily to visitors and tourists
Heath care	Uses providing medical or surgical care to patients and offering inpatient (overnight) care
Commercial service	Commercial Services includes uses that provide for consumer or business services, for the repair and maintenance of a wide variety of products, and for entertainment
Warehousing & distribution	This category includes uses that provide and distribute goods in large quantities, principally to retail sales, commercial services, or industrial establishments. Long-term and short-term storage of supplies, equipment, commercial goods, recyclable materials and personal items is included
Worship	Religious services involving public assembly that customarily occur in synagogues, temples, mosques, churches, and other facilities used for religious worship
Transport. rail ROW yards/stations	Stations, off-street passenger waiting areas, and loading/unloading areas for local and regional transit service
Courts	Office uses related to the administration of local, state, or federal court services or functions
Other public open space	Undeveloped land left in a natural state for specific use as visual open space or environmental purposes
Active recreation	Recreational facilities that require major land development, structure construction, and a moderate- to high-level of maintenance and can accommodate large groups of people
Amusement	An establishment that offers to patrons four or more mechanical or electrical devices or games, such as pinball machines, ping pong, darts, shooting galleries or similar devices or games, excluding juke boxes and amusement devices in the establishments regulated by the Liquor Control Board of the Commonwealth and vending machines for the dispensing of goods
Commercial food service & drinking	Uses that prepare or serve food or beverages for on- or off-premise consumption. Establishments that meet the definition of a use classified in the eating and drinking establishments use subcategory and that also include occasional live entertainment may be classified as eating and drinking establishment uses, provided that any establishment that meets the definition of a nightclub and private club use must be classified and regulated as a nightclub and private club (See § 14-601(7)(c)(.3) (Nightclubs and Private Clubs))

Adapted from: The Philadelphia Code, Zoning & Planning.³¹