"Hazardous waste." See "Hazardous waste facility" and related definitions.
"Hazardous waste facility" and related definitions:
1. "Disposal facility" means a facility at which hazardous waste is intentionally placed into or on any land or water, and at which waste will remain after closure. (See California Health and Safety Code section 25114.)
2. "Hazardous waste" means a waste, or combination of wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics, may either cause, or significantly contribute to, an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness; or pose substantial present or potential hazard to human health or environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed.
3. "Hazardous waste facility" means a hazardous waste facility that includes all contiguous land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for handling, treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste.
4. "Off-site facility" means a hazardous waste facility that is not an on-site facility.
5. "On-site facility" means an on-site facility at which hazardous waste is produced and which is owned by, leased to, or under the control of the producer of the waste.
6. "Storage facility" means a hazardous waste facility at which the hazardous waste is contained: (1) for periods greater than 90 days at an on-site facility; (2) in a tank for any period of time and the quantities of waste exceed 5,000 gallons or 45,000 pounds, whichever is greater; (3) for any period of time at an off-site facility that is not a transfer facility; or (4) at a transfer facility for periods greater than 96 hours.
7. "Transfer facility" or "transfer station" means any hazardous waste facility where hazardous wastes are loaded, unloaded, pumped, or packaged. (California Health and Safety Code section 25114)
8. "Treatment" and "treatment facility" mean treatment as defined in California Health and Safety Code section 25123.5. "Treatment facility" means any off-site or on-site facility at which hazardous waste is subject to treatment.
"Height of building." See "Building, height of."
"Heliport; helistop" means an area of land or water or a structural surface that is used or intended to be used for the landing and take-off of helicopters, along with any appurtenant areas that are used, or intended to be used, for heliport buildings and other heliport facilities, and that is permitted or licensed by the California Department of Transportation.
"High voltage transmission facility" means electrical transmission supply lines, poles, and accessory structures operated at the electrical potential of 100,000 volts or greater, and substations where at least one of the transmission lines connecting with the substation is operated at the electrical potential of 100,000 volts or greater.
"Historic preservation" related definitions.
1. "California Register" means the California Register of Historical Resources as defined in California Public Resources Code section 5020.1.
2. "California Register resource" means any resource listed in the California Register.
3. "California Historical Building Code" means Part 8 of Title 24 (California Building Standards Code) of the California Code of Regulations.
4. "Certified local government" (CLG) means a local government that has been certified by the National Park Service to carry out the purposes of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 470 et seq.), pursuant to section 101(c) of that Act and the regulations adopted under this Act, which are set forth in Part 61 (commencing with section 61.1) of Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
5. "Contributing resource" means a resource designated as a contributing resource by the city council under chapter 17.604.
6. "Demolition" means the following:
a. The complete demolition of the entirety of a landmark or contributing resource;
b. The partial demolition of a landmark or contributing resource that involves any of the following:
i. The demolition of an aggregate of 50 or more linear feet of exterior wall or more than 50% of the foot-print of the landmark or contributing resource,
ii. The remodeling or other alteration of the landmark or contributing resource, where the proposed work affects or may affect significant features or characteristics, or
iii. The demolition is other than minor, inconsequential, or insignificant and it has been determined that the demolition will affect the significance of the landmark or contributing resource;
c. For purposes of chapter 17.604, the demolition of any structure 50 years old or older means the removal of an aggregate of 50 or more linear feet of exterior wall or more than 50% of the footprint of the structure.
7. "Development project" is liberally interpreted in light of the findings and purpose of chapter 17.600 and includes the following:
a. The demolition of a landmark or a contributing resource;
b. The relocation of a landmark or a contributing resource;
c. The addition to, remodel, repair, rehabilitation and any other modification of the exterior of a landmark, contributing resource, or noncontributing resource, along with all associated facilities and appurtenances such as walls, fences and signs;
d. The remodel, repair, rehabilitation or any other modification of the interior of a landmark or contributing resource where the interior constitutes "features or characteristics" as defined herein and is accessible to or is made available to the public;
e. The new construction of a building or structure on the same lot as a landmark, contributing resource, or non-contributing resource, or on a vacant lot in a historic district;
f. The relocation of an existing building or structure to the same lot as a landmark, contributing resource, or non-contributing resource, or to a vacant lot in a historic district.
8. "Feature or characteristic" means fixtures, components or appurtenances attached to, contiguous with, or otherwise related to a structure or property including but not limited to landscaping, setbacks, massing, distinguishing aspects, roof attributes, materials, moldings, sculptures, fountains, light fixtures, windows and monuments. "Feature or characteristic" may include historically or architecturally significant interior areas that are accessible to or made available to the public, including, without limitation, areas commonly used as public spaces such as lobbies, meeting rooms, gathering rooms, public hallways, great halls, bank lobbies, or other similar spaces. Interior areas that generally are not accessible to or made available to the public, but which occasionally may be visited by business invitees or members of the public, including those on a tour of a facility, do not constitute a "feature or characteristic."
9. "Historic resource" and "cultural resource" mean those properties determined to be a historic resource or cultural resource under CEQA or NEPA, under any other provision of California law, or listed or nominated for listing on the Sacramento register.
10. "Historic district" means a geographic area designated as a historic district by the council in accordance chapter 17.604.
11. "Historic district plan" means a plan adopted by the council pursuant to chapter 17.604 or the prior versions of that chapter.
12. "Landmark" means all historic resources designated as landmarks by the council in accordance with chapter 17.604.
13. "Listed historic resource" means any resource listed in the Sacramento register, the California Register, or the National Register of Historic Places; provided, that listed historic resource does not include a noncontributing resource in a historic district or resources in the Old Sacramento national historic landmark district.
14. "Mills Act" means California Government code sections 50280 et seq.
15. "National Historic Preservation Act" means 16 U.S.C. section 470 et seq.
16. "National Register of Historic Places" means the official inventory of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects significant in American history, architecture, archeology and culture which is maintained by the Secretary of the Interior under the authority of the Historic Sites Act of 1935 and the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq., 36 C.F.R. sections 60, 63).
17. "National register resource" means any resource listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
18. "Nominated resource" means a resource nominated for listing on the Sacramento register as provided for in chapter 17.604.
19. "Nomination" means a nomination for listing of a resource on the Sacramento register pursuant to chapter 17.604.
20. "Noncontributing resources" means all resources within a historic district that are not identified as contributing resources.
21. "Resource" means any building, structure, site, area, place, feature, characteristic, appurtenance, landscape, landscape design, or improvement.
22. "Sacramento register of historic and cultural resources" or "Sacramento register" means the register created by chapter 17.604.
23. "Secretary of the Interior's Standards" means the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Treatment of Historic Properties found at 36 C.F.R. 68.3.
24. "Significant feature or characteristic" means a feature or characteristic identified by the city council as significant from a historical standpoint pursuant to chapter 17.604.
25. "Survey" means a process by which properties are documented for eligibility for listing in the Sacramento register, the California Register, or the National Register of Historic Places.
"Historic district." See "Historic preservation" related definitions.
"Historic district plan." See "Historic preservation" related definitions.
"Historic resource" and "cultural resource." See "Historic preservation" related definitions.
"Home occupation" means a nonresidential use conducted in a dwelling unit that is clearly incidental and subordinate to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes.
"Hotel; motel" means a building designed for occupancy as temporary night-to-night lodging, with or without meals, but excludes a bed and breakfast inn. A hotel is typically larger than a motel and often includes conference and banquet facilities.
"Hydroponics" means a method of growing plants in a soil-less medium or an aquatic-based environment in which plant nutrients are distributed via water. (Ord. 2020-0025 § 3; Ord. 2017-0009 § 6; Ord. 2015-0005 § 5; Ord. 2013-0020 § 1; Ord. 2013-0007 § 1)