HEAVY EQUIPMENT. Commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle weight in excess of 10,000 pounds, and excavating, grading, road building, earth moving, demolition, loading and similar equipment.
HEIGHT. The vertical distance of a structure measured from the average elevation of the finished grade within 20 feet of the structure to the highest point of the structure, or as otherwise provided in this chapter.
HEIGHT, BUILDING. The building height is the vertical distance measured from the established grade to the highest point of the roof surface if a flat roof; to the deck of mansard roofs; and to the mean height level between eaves and ridge of gable, hip and gambrel roofs. When the terrain is sloping, the ground level is measured at the wall line.
HOME OCCUPATION. An occupation customarily conducted in a dwelling unit that is clearly an incidental and secondary use of the dwelling. Without limiting the foregoing, a single family residence used by an occupant of that residence to give instruction in a craft or fine art within the residence shall be considered a home occupation. A home occupation may also be known commonly as cottage industry, home based business, home marketing network, or home interactive distribution or marketing, but shall not be construed to include day care or state licensed residential care facilities.
HUMAN OCCUPANCY. A building or portion thereof primarily used or intended to be used for individuals to congregate for any purpose and which is equipped with means of egress, light, and ventilation facilities in accordance with the Michigan Construction Code, excluding a building or portion thereof incidental to the use for agricultural purposes of the land on which the building is located, or a building used exclusively for the purpose of storage in which there are no employees or occupants.