HARDSCAPE - Decorative elements that may be combined with landscaping to satisfy the landscaping requirements of this Development Code. Hardscape elements include, but are not necessarily limited to, natural features such as rock and stone; and structural
features such as walkways, fountains, reflecting pools, swimming pools, art works, screens, walls, fences, benches, and crushed granite.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - Any material defined as a "hazardous waste" pursuant to Cal. Health & Safety Code § 25117.
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS FACILITY - Defined pursuant to the Cal. Health & Safety Code § 25117.1.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION - A five-person commission appointed by the City Council to carry out the Historic Preservation Chapter (16.33) of this Development Code.
HOME OCCUPATION - Any commercial activity conducted entirely within a particular dwelling or in an approved habitable accessory building by one or more of the inhabitants of the property and up to one non-resident employee. HOME OCCUPATIONS are uses that do not interrupt or interfere with the general nature or character of the residential neighborhood.
HOSPITAL - 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.
HOT TUB - See "Spa."
HOTEL - An establishment which is open to transient guests, in contradistinction to a roominghouse, and which provides customary hotel services including maid service, the furnishing and laundering of linen, telephone and secretarial or desk service, and where no individual kitchen facilities are provided, whether known as a hotel or motel.
HOUSEHOLDS - All persons living in a housing unit whether or not they are related (U.S. Census Definition). A single person living in an apartment as well as a family living in a house is considered a HOUSEHOLD. HOUSEHOLD does not include individuals living in dormitories, prisons, convalescent homes, or other group quarters.
HOUSEHOLDS, LOW-INCOME - Those households whose gross annual income does not exceed 80% of the county median household income, as defined in Cal. Health & Safety Code § 50079.5.
HOUSEHOLDS, MODERATE-INCOME - Those households whose gross annual income does not exceed 120% of the county median household income, as defined in Cal. Health & Safety Code § 50093.
HOUSEHOLDS, VERY LOW-INCOME - Those households whose gross annual income does not exceed 50% of the county median household income, as defined in Cal. Health & Safety Code § 50105.
(Ord. 1100, passed 7-6-04; Am. Ord. 1192, passed 6-16-08)