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"Habitable floor area" means as defined in the building code.
"Hardscape" means decorative elements that may be combined with landscaping to satisfy the landscaping requirements of this Title 19. Hardscape elements include, but are not necessarily limited to, natural features such as rock and stone; and structural features such as fountains, reflecting pools, swimming pools, art works, screens, walls, fences, benches, and crushed granite.
"Hazardous material or waste" means any substance that, because of its quantity, concentration, or physical or chemical characteristics, is flammable, corrosive, explosive, toxic, or infectious, and poses a significant present or potential hazard to the health or safety of humans, domestic livestock, or wildlife, including those materials so defined pursuant to the State Health and Safety Code, Section 25117.1, or the federal government.
"Health club" means a facility that provides equipment or physical space for the conduct of sports, exercise, leisure activity, and recreation, and may also provide space and personnel for health services such as massage, hydrotherapy, and similar personal services. Health club includes sports club, health, spa, bath house, sauna, massage establishment and any similar use providing exercise, spa, and related facilities and services.
Height. See "Building height."
"Heliport" means a licensed helicopter landing area used or designed for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo on a regular basis, including helicopter repair, shelter, storage, or servicing areas and incidental facilities for passengers and cargo.
"Helistop" means a licensed helicopter landing area used or designed for receiving or discharging passengers and cargo on an intermittent basis, including shelter areas for passengers.
Highway, Major. "Major highway" means a state-owned road designated as a major highway in the master plan of highways of the city.
Highway, Secondary. "Secondary highway" means a state-owned road designated as a secondary highway in the master plan of highways of the city.
"Historic district" means an area containing improvements that have a special historical or aesthetic value or that represent an architectural period or style typical of the history of the city, as designated by the cultural resource management commission.
"Historic landmark" means a place, building, structure, work of art, or other object having a special character or historical or aesthetic value within the meaning of California Government Code Section 37361.
"Historic site" means a parcel or part thereof on which a landmark is located, and any abutting parcel constituting the premises of the landmark, as designated by the cultural resource management commission.
"Home occupation" means any commercial activity conducted entirely within a particular dwelling by the inhabitants of that dwelling. Home occupations are incidental uses that do not change the character of the dwelling nor adversely affect permitted uses in adjacent areas.
"Hospital" means a health facility having a duly-constituted governing body with overall administrative and professional responsibility and an organized medical staff which provides 24-hour inpatient care, including the following basic services: medical, nursing, surgical, anesthesia, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy, and dietary services.
Hospital, Mental. "Mental hospital" means a health facility having a duly-constituted governing body with overall administrative and professional responsibility and an organized medical staff that provides twenty-four-hour inpatient care for mentally disordered, incompetent, or other patients referred to in Division 5 (commencing with Section 5000) or Division 6 (commencing with Section 6000) of the State Welfare and Institutions Code, including medical, nursing, rehabilitative, pharmacy, and dietary services.
"Hotel" means a building or group of buildings containing six or more guest rooms, where no more than two rooms or five percent of the total number of rooms have kitchens. Hotels offer transient lodging accommodations to the general public and may or may not provide incidental services such as meals.
"Household income" means the combined adjusted gross household income for all adult persons living in a dwelling unit as calculated for the purpose of the Section 8 program under the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, or its successor provision.
Household Pet. See "Domestic animal."
"Housing development" means one or more groups of projects for dwelling units in the planned development of the city. "Housing development" also includes a subdivision or common interest development, as defined in Section 1351 of the California Civil Code, approved by the city and consisting of dwelling units or unimproved residential lots and either a project to substantially rehabilitate and convert an existing commercial building to residential use or the substantial rehabilitation of an existing multifamily dwelling, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 65863.4, where the result of the rehabilitation would be a net increase in available dwelling units. For the purpose of calculating a density bonus, the dwelling units shall be on contiguous sites that are the subject of one development application, but do not have to be based upon individual subdivision maps or parcels.
"Hydrozone" means a portion of a planted area with plants grouped according to water need.
(Ord. 550 § 14, 2000; Ord. 544 § 1(part), 2000).
(Ord. No. 656, § 10 (Exh. G), 11-19-2013)