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phrase "local business" shall include all leaseholder-lessors and owner- <br />lessors of commercial or residential real estate within the city. <br />(2) The phrase "governmental agency" as used in this section shall be defined <br />as including every agency, instrumentality, or political subdivision of the <br />state or of the United States. <br />(3) The phrase "associate with" as used in this section shall be defined to <br />mean the transacting and carrying on, by any other person, of business <br />on the premises owned, controlled, or managed by said local business or <br />governmental agency, whether as a tenant of, in connection with, or as <br />an affiliate of, or as an adjunct to, or in the name of said local business or <br />governmental agency, or whether as a building management agent, or <br />property management agent, or independent general operating agent or <br />manager for said local business or governmental agency, or whether as <br />an outside business or an independent contractor performing services for <br />said local business or governmental agency. <br />(b) Application. In the case of a local business which is a partnership or joint <br />venture, the phrase "associate with" shall not include the business transacted <br />and carried on by a general partner in connection with the general partnership or <br />by a joint venturer in connection with the joint venture. In the case of a local <br />business which is a corporation, the phrase "associate with" shall include any <br />business transacted and carried on by a subordinate or subsidiary corporation or <br />holding company, pass-through entity or trust. For all local businesses, the <br />phrase "associate with" shall include the maintaining on the premises of the local <br />business of any principle executive or other business office as required in <br />connection with the registration of any business entity address with the <br />California Secretary of State for any actively registered corporation, limited <br />liability company, limited partnership, or limited liability partnership under the <br />California Corporations Code as the same now exists or as may be hereafter <br />amended from time-to-time. <br />In the case of a local business which is a leaseholder-lessor or owner-lessor of <br />commercial or residential real estate within the city, the phrase "associate with" <br />shall include any business transacted and carried on by an independent resident <br />property manager, independent building manager, independent property agent <br />or independent building agent, whether or not such independent manager or <br />agent is also a tenant of said property. Such independent manager or agent <br />shall be required to obtain a separate business license. In the case of a local <br />business which is a tenant of a commercial premises and a party to a lease-back <br />agreement or other similar agreement involving said commercial real estate in <br />which the ownership identities of both parties to the agreement are identical, but <br />the legal entities are distinct, the phrase "associate with" shall include any such <br />business transacted by the owner-lessor or leaseholder-lessor of said <br />commercial real estate. Such owner-lessor or leaseholder-lessor shall be <br />Ordinance No. NS-2841 <br />Page 9 of 29