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Habitable Room

  • Habitable room is defined as an enclosed space in a residential building commonly used for living purposes, but not including any lobby, hall, closet, storage space, water closet, bath, toilet, slop sink, general utility room, kitchen area, or service porch. A recess from a room or an alcove (other than a dining area), or a mezzanine having 50 square feet or more of floor area, and located where it could be partitioned off to form a habitable room, shall be considered a habitable room.

Habitable Space

  • Habitable space is defined as any occupiable space designed and intended for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking. Restrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces, and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces.

Health Center

  • For the purposes of Sec. 9.3.4.C.3. (Health Center Incentive Area), a health center is defined as a healthcare facility certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) as a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), or FQHC Look-Alike as defined by the HRSA.

Hearing Officer

  • A hearing officer is defined as any Department of City Planning staff member conducting a public hearing on behalf of the Director or the City Planning Commission.

Heavy Commercial Use

  • Pursuant to Div. 5D.7. (Heavy Commercial Uses), heavy commercial uses are defined as uses that involve the servicing and sale of motor vehicles, and businesses dedicated primarily to storage.

Heavy Industrial Use

  • Pursuant to Div. 5D.9. (Heavy Industrial Uses), heavy industrial uses are defined as uses involving manufacturing, processing of animal products, waste, or extraction activities, which requires siting away from the general public due to potentially adverse impacts on the immediate surroundings.

Height in Feet

Height in Stories

Heliport

High-Rise Sign 1

High-Rise Sign 2

  • Pursuant to Sec. 4C.11.6.C.3. (High-Rise Sign 2), a high-rise sign 2 is a sign located at least 100 feet above-grade and attached to the wall of a building within close proximity to the top of the building.

Hillside Area

Historic

  • For the purposes of Historic Preservation (Div. 13B.8.), historic is defined as any building, structure, landscaping, natural feature, or lot, including street features, furniture or fixtures, which depicts, represents or is associated with persons or phenomena which significantly affect or which have significantly affected the functional activities, heritage, growth or development of the City, state, or nation.

Historic Preservation Overlay Zone

  • For the purposes of Historic Preservation (Div. 13B.8.), Historic Preservation Overlay Zone is defined as any area of the City containing buildings, structures, landscaping, natural features or lots having historic, architectural, cultural or aesthetic significance and designated as a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.

Historic Resources Survey

  • For the purposes of Historic Preservation (Div. 13B.8.), a Historic Resources Survey is a document which identifies all contributing and non-contributing buildings, structures and all contributing landscaping, natural features and lots, individually or collectively, including street features, furniture or fixtures, and which is certified as to its accuracy and completeness by the Cultural Heritage Commission.

Historic-Cultural Monument

Historical Property Contract

Historical Resource

Horizontal Band Articulation

Horizontal Encroachment

Horizontal Illuminance

  • Horizontal illuminance is defined as the amount of light falling on a horizontal plane, as measured with a light meter in units of footcandles.

Hospital

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.3.5. (Hospital), hospital is defined as an inpatient or outpatient healthcare facility that provides direct medical treatment to patients.

Hospital: Local

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.3.5.A. (Hospital: Local), hospital: local is defined as an inpatient or outpatient acute or subacute care facility with a capacity of 100 or fewer beds that provides direct medical treatment to patients. This use does not include outpatient facilities not providing acute or sub-acute care, for such uses see Sec. 5D.6.8. (Medical Clinic).

Hospital: Regional

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.3.5.B. (Hospital: Regional), hospital: regional is defined as an inpatient acute care and sub-acute care facility with a capacity of more than 100 beds that provides direct medical treatment to patients. This use does not include inpatient facilities providing sub-acute care with a capacity of fewer than 100 beds, for such uses see Sec. 5D.3.5.A. (Hospital: Local).

Host

Hosting Platform

  • For the purposes of Home-Sharing Program (Sec. 5C.3.2.), hosting platform is defined as a person that participates in short-term rental business by collecting or receiving a fee, directly or indirectly through an agent or intermediary, for conducting a booking service transaction using any medium of facilitation.

Household

  • Household is defined as one or more persons living together in a dwelling unit, with common access to, and common use of all living, kitchen, and eating areas within the dwelling unit.

Household Business

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.2.2. (Household Business), a household business is a use that combines a dwelling with productive uses and entrepreneurial activities within a unit or building.

Household Business: Family Child Care

Household Business: Home Occupation

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.2.2.B. (Household Business: Home Occupation), household business: home occupation is defined as the incidental use of a dwelling unit for the intent of conducting a business enterprise by a primary resident of the dwelling unit. Home occupation business enterprises are limited to instructional services, personal services, office uses, and industrial homework.

Household Business: Home-Sharing

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.2.2.C. (Household Business: Home-Sharing), household business: home-sharing is defined as the use of a primary residence for lodging for periods of 30 days consecutively or less, and no more than 120 days annually. The use of a dwelling unit for home-sharing shall be in conjunction with a dwelling use. The use of a dwelling unit for home-sharing shall meet the registration and eligibility requirements pursuant to Sec. 5C.3.2. (Home-Sharing Program).

Household Business: Joint Living & Work Quarters

Household Business: Live/Work

  • Pursuant to Sec. 5D.2.2.E. (Household Business: Live/Work), household business: live/work is defined as the combination of a dwelling unit with a work space designated for productive uses and entrepreneurial activities within a single dwelling unit.

Household Dwelling Unit

  • Household dwelling unit is defined as a dwelling unit serving as a residency having an occupancy of greater than 30 days consecutively, and that includes a kitchen or kitchenette.

Housing Development Project

HPOZ

  • Historic Preservation Overlay Zone.