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Habitable Room: (See, Room, Habitable)

Habitat Areas, Environmentally Sensitive: Any area in which plant or animal life or their habitats are either rare or especially valuable because of their special nature or role in an ecosystem and which could be easily disturbed or degraded by human activities and developments, including: (Former Section CZ#A312-10)

a.Areas of special Biological Significance as identified by the State Water Resources Control Board;

b.Rare and endangered species listed in Sections 670.2 or 670.5 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, or Sections 17.11 or 17.12 of Title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, pursuant to the Federal Endangered Species Act as rare, threatened or endangered;

c.All coastal wetlands and lagoons;

d.Tidepools and near-shore reefs;

e.Sea caves, islets and offshore rocks;

f.Kelp beds;

g.Indigenous dune plant habitat;

h.Federally designated wilderness and primitive areas;

i.Rivers, creeks, and associated riparian habitats; and

j.Rookeries for herons and egrets.

Hazard Area, Flood: (See, Flood Hazard Areas or 100-Year Flood Plain)

Hazard Areas, Geologic: (See, Geologic Hazard Areas)

Hazardous Industrial Use Type: (See, Industrial Use Types, Hazardous Industrial, in Section D: Use Types.)

Heavy Commercial Use Type: (See, Commercial Use Types in Section D: Use Types.)

Heavy Industrial Use Type: (See, Industrial Use Types, Heavy Industrial, in Section D: Use Types.)

Hearing Officer: The Director of Community Development Services or the designee of the Director, Zoning Administrator, Planning Commission, or other designee of the Board of Supervisors. (Former Section CZ#A312-2; Ord. 946, Sec. 2, 10/2/73)

Height, Building and Other Structures: Heights of buildings and structures shall be measured vertically from the average ground level of the ground covered by the building to the highest point of the roof. Chimneys, stacks, vents, flagpoles, conventional television reception antennas, elevator, ventilating and air-conditioning equipment, solar water heating equipment, parapet walls and similar architectural and mechanical appurtenances shall be excluded in calculating the measurement. (Former Section CZ#A312-10)

Higher Order Street: (See, Classification of streets in Division 2, Section 4 of Title III of the Code.)

Home Occupation: An accessory use of a nonresidential nature which is performed within a dwelling unit, by an occupant of the living unit and which is clearly incidental and secondary to the residential use of the dwelling unit. Home occupations are subject to the Home Occupation Regulations in this Chapter. (Former Section CZ#A312-10)

Home, Rest: (See, Rest Home)

Horse Keeping: (See, Stable, Private and Stable, Public)

Hospital: An institution which specializes in giving clinical, temporary and emergency services of a medical or surgical nature to injured persons and which maintains and operates 24-hour inpatient services for the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Any hospital shall be properly licensed by all applicable local, State and/or Federal agencies. (Former Section CZ#A312-10)

Hospital, Animal: A building where animals are given medical treatment for compensation and where the boarding of animals is incidental to such treatment. (Former Section CZ#A312-10)

Hotel: Any building or portion thereof containing living quarters or dwelling units and designed for or intended to be used by transient guests, whether the compensation or hire be paid directly or indirectly, and shall include resort hotel, lodging house, rooming house, dormitory, residence club, fraternity, sorority and other similar uses. (Former Section CZ#A312-10)

House, Boarding: (See, Boarding House)

Housing Cost: Means the sum of actual or projected monthly payments for all of the following associated with for-sale Target Units: principal and interest on a mortgage loan, including any loan insurance fees, property taxes and assessments, fire and casualty insurance, property maintenance and repairs, homeowner association fees, and a reasonable allowance for utilities. (See, Section 313-112.1, Residential Density Bonus, for further discussion.) (Former Section CZ#A314-12.1(B)(8); Added by Ord. 2167, Sec. 25, 4/7/98)

Housing Development: Means construction projects consisting of five or more residential units, including single family, multifamily, and manufactured homes for sale or rent. (See, Section 313-112.1, Residential Density Bonus, for further discussion.) (Former Section CZ#A314-12.1(B)(9); Added by Ord. 2167, Sec. 25, 4/7/98)

Humboldt County Coastal Zone: (See, Coastal Zone, Humboldt County)

Hydrophytic Plant: (See, Plant, Hydrophytic)