§ 1-307. "Government facility" to "Industrial boat repair".
(a) Government facility.
(1) In general.
"Government facility" means a structure or land that is operated by a government agency.
(2) Inclusions.
"Government facility" includes agency offices, storage yards, public works facilities, recreation: indoor, and utility facilities.
(b) Greenhouse.
(1) In general.
"Greenhouse" means a structure that is:
(i) devoted to the protection or cultivation of flowers or other tender plants; and
(ii) constructed chiefly of glass, glass-like or translucent material, cloth, or lath.
(2) By any other name.
"Greenhouse" includes a "high tunnel", "hoop-house", "cold-frame", or similar structure.
(c) Gross floor area.
See "Floor area: Gross".
(d) Gym.
See "Health and fitness center".
(e) Ham radio equipment.
See "Amateur (ham) radio equipment".
(f) Health-care clinic.
"Health-care clinic" means a facility for the examination and treatment of individuals on an outpatient basis by 1 or more physicians, dentists, chiropractors, physical therapists, or other licensed healthcare practitioners.
(g) Health and fitness center.
(1) In general.
"Health and fitness center" means a gym or other facility that:
(i) is designed for physical fitness or weight reduction; and
(ii) contains equipment, such as weight resistance machines, treadmills, stationary bicycles, whirlpools, saunas, showers, and lockers, for that purpose.
(2) Inclusions.
"Health and fitness center" includes the following accessory uses designed and intended primarily for patrons of the facility:
(i) retail sales; and
(ii) a restaurant or refreshment stands.
(h) Heavy sales, rental, or service.
(1) In general.
"Heavy sales, rental, or service" means a sales, rental, or service establishment that maintains a service or storage area that is outdoors or in a structure that is only partially enclosed.
(2) Inclusions.
"Heavy sales, rental, or service" includes:
(i) large-scale home improvement centers;
(ii) industrial supply stores;
(iii) lumberyards;
(iv) heavy equipment parts, sales and rental; and
(v) playground equipment, sales and rental.
(i) Heliport.
(1) In general.
"Heliport" means a designated landing area for discharging or picking up passengers or goods by helicopter or similar vertical-lift aircraft.
(2) Inclusions.
"Heliport" includes terminal facilities for passengers, goods, aircraft servicing, or storage.
(j) Helistop.
"Helistop" means an area of land, water, or structure that is used or intended to be used for the landing and take-off of helicopters or similar vertical-lift aircraft, but without facilities for servicing or basing these aircraft.
(k) Holiday sales lot.
See "Seasonal or holiday sales lot".
(l) Home occupation.
"Home occupation" means an occupation that:
(1) is carried on in a dwelling unit by a resident of the dwelling unit; and
(2) is secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential purposes.
(m) Homeless shelter.
(1) In general.
"Homeless shelter" means a facility that provides temporary housing to homeless or transient individuals.
(2) Inclusions.
"Homeless shelter" includes accessory services such as counseling or vocational training.
(n) Horse stable.
"Horse stable" means any structure or land within the City at or from which horses are boarded, bred, sold, or rented for riding, driving, or other purposes.
(o) Hospital.
(1) In general.
"Hospital" means an institution that provides health services, primarily inpatient medical or surgical care for the sick or injured.
(2) Inclusions.
"Hospital" includes related facilities integral to the hospital, such as laboratories, outpatient centers, health-care clinics, helistops, training facilities, classrooms, staff offices, on-site medical waste and storage facilities, and central service facilities.
(p) Hotel; Motel.
(1) "Guest unit" defined.
In this section, "guest unit" means any room or group of rooms that forms a single habitable unit occupied or designed or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living purposes.
(2) In general.
"Hotel" or "motel" means a building that:
(i) is not a dwelling;
(ii) contains 3 or more guest units occupied or designed or intended to be occupied by guests who, even though they might share common areas and facilities, do not form a single housekeeping unit and do not provide compensation under a single lease for occupancy of the facility; and
(iii) offers lodging in these guest units to members of the general public.
(3) Exclusions.
"Hotel" or "motel" does not include a bed and breakfast or a rooming house.
(q) Housing Commissioner; Commissioner of Housing.
"Housing Commissioner" or "Commissioner of Housing" means the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development or the Commissioner's designee.
(r) Impervious surface.
(1) In general.
"Impervious surface" means any surface that does not allow stormwater to infiltrate into the ground.
(2) Inclusions.
"Impervious surface" includes rooftops, driveways, sidewalks, and pavement.
(3) Exclusions.
"Impervious surface" does not include ballasted railroad tracks.
(s) Incinerator.
(1) In general.
"Incinerator" means a combustion unit that uses controlled flame combustion for the thermal destruction of solid waste, including municipal waste, industrial waste, hazardous waste, special medical waste, or sewage sludge.
(2) Inclusions.
"Incinerator" includes any:
(1) infrared incinerator; or
(2) plasma arc incinerator.
(t) Indoor entertainment.
See "Entertainment: Indoor".
(u) Indoor recreation.
See "Recreation: Indoor".
(v) Industrial arts studio.
See "Arts studio: Industrial".
(w) Industrial boat repair facility.
(1) In general.
"Industrial boat repair facility" means a facility with 5 or more slips (wet or dry) used solely for the manufacture, assembly, or repair of commercial or recreational watercraft.
(2) Exclusions.
"Industrial boat repair facility" does not include docking, storage, or sales of recreational watercraft.