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Halfway house

A home for juvenile delinquents and adult offenders leaving correctional and/or mental institutions; or leaving a rehabilitation center for alcohol and/or drug users; which provides residentially oriented facilities for the rehabilitation or social adjustment of persons who need supervision or assistance in becoming socially reoriented but who do not need institutional care.

Hammerhead

A street temporarily closed at one end, the ultimate purpose of which is to provide an extension of the street to adjacent property. The end of a dead-end street in a “T” shape that provides for three-point turnaround space for emergency equipment and/or vehicles.

Hardware store

A facility of thirty thousand or fewer square feet gross floor area, engaged in the retail sale of various basic hardware lines, such as tools, builders’ hardware, plumbing and electrical supplies, paint and glass, housewares and household appliances, garden supplies, and cutlery; if greater than thirty thousand square feet, such a facility is a home improvement center.

Hazardous waste

All dangerous and extremely hazardous waste as defined in RCW 70.105.010(15) and Chapter 173-303 WAC, except for moderate risk waste as set forth in RCW 70.105.010(17).

Hazardous waste facility

All land, and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for recycling, reusing, reclaiming, transferring, storing, treating, disposing of dangerous waste, or managing hazardous secondary materials prior to reclamation. A facility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units (for example, one or more landfills, surface impoundments, or combination of them).

Hazardous waste storage

The holding of hazardous waste for a temporary period, as regulated by the State Dangerous Waste Regulations, Chapter 173-303 WAC, or its successor.

Hazardous waste treatment

The physical, chemical or biological processing of hazardous waste for the purpose of rendering these wastes nondangerous or less dangerous, safer for transport, amenable for energy or material resource recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume, as regulated by the State Dangerous Waste Regulations, Chapter 173-303 WAC, or its successor.

Health care provider offices

Establishments that provide health care services directly or indirectly to ambulatory patients and do not usually provide inpatient services. Health practitioners in this subsector provide outpatient services, with the facilities and equipment not being the most significant part of the production process. Includes land uses specified in NAICS Industry Group No. 621.

Health care services

Establishments providing health care for individuals and delivering services by trained professionals. All industries in the sector share this commonality of process, namely, labor inputs of health practitioners or social workers with the requisite expertise. Includes land uses specified in NAICS Industry Sector No. 62.

Hearing examiner

Reference Chapter 2.34 MMC.

Heavy equipment

Such construction machinery as backhoes, treaded tractors, dump trucks, and front-end loaders.

Holographic display

Any display that creates a three-dimensional image through projection.

Home association

An incorporated nonprofit organization operating under recorded land agreements through which:

A. Each lot is automatically subject to a charge for a proportionate share of the expenses for the organization’s activities, such as maintaining a common property; and

B. The charge, if unpaid, becomes a lien against the property.

Home improvement center

A facility of thirty thousand square feet gross floor area or greater, engaged in the retail sale of various basic hardware lines, such as tools, builders’ hardware, paint and glass, housewares and household appliances, garden supplies, and cutlery; building material and garden supply establishment.

Home occupation

Any business or commercial activity conducted in a dwelling unit that results in a product or service, and is clearly incidental and subordinate to the residential use of such dwelling unit.

A. Home Occupation, Minor. Minor home occupations are compatible with the neighborhoods in which they are located and cause no impact greater than that generally associated with a single-family residence.

B. Home Occupation, Major. Major home occupations have the potential for causing some effects greater than that generally associated with a single-family residence and may require conditions to reduce those impacts.

Hospice care center

A building or portion thereof used on a twenty-four-hour basis for the provision of hospice services to terminally ill inpatients.

Hospital

Establishments engaged in providing diagnostic and medical treatment (both surgical and nonsurgical) to inpatients with any of a wide variety of medical conditions. These establishments maintain inpatient beds and provide patients with food services that meet their nutritional requirements. These hospitals have an organized staff of physicians and other medical staff to provide patient care services. These establishments may provide other services, such as outpatient services, anatomical pathology services, diagnostic X-ray services, clinical laboratory services, operating room services for a variety of procedures, and pharmacy services. Includes land uses specified in NAICS Industry Group No. 622110.

Hotel

A facility providing six or more guest rooms or suites for transient lodging accommodations to the general public, and providing additional services such as restaurants, meeting rooms, gift shops, and/or entertainment and recreation facilities. Access to individual units is predominantly by means of common interior hallway. Not included in this definition are institutions housing persons under legal restraint or requiring medical attention.

Household

A housekeeping unit consisting of:

A. An individual;

B. Two or more persons related by blood, marriage, adoption, guardianship, and including foster children and exchange students;

C. A group of two or more disabled residents protected under the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1988;

D. Adult family homes or enhanced service facility as defined under Washington State law;

E. A group living arrangement where six or fewer residents receive support services such as counciling, foster care or medical supervision at the dwelling unit by resident or nonresidential staff; or

F. Consistent with the International Building Code, up to one unrelated person per two hundred square feet per gross floor area of any dwelling unit, or in conjunction with any of the above individuals or groups, may occupy a dwelling unit;

G. For the purposes of this section, minors living with a parent, legal custodian (including foster parent), or legal guardian shall not be counted as part of the maximum number of residents;

H. Any limitation on the number of residents resulting from this definition shall not be applied in a manner inconsistent with the Fair Housing Amendment Act of 1988, 42 U.S.C. Section 360 et seq., the Washington Law Against Discrimination, Chapter 49.60 RCW, and/or the Washington Housing Policy Act, RCW 46.63.220.

Household, extremely low-income

A single person, family or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below thirty percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Household, low-income

A single person, family or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below eighty percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Household, moderate-income

A single person, family, or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below one hundred twenty percent of the median housed income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Household, very low-income

A single person, family or unrelated persons living together whose adjusted income is at or below fifty percent of the median household income adjusted for household size, for the county where the household is located, as reported by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Hydraulic project approval (HPA)

A permit issued by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife for modification to waters of the state in accordance with Chapter 75.20 RCW.

Hydrologist

A practicing professional hydrologist licensed with the state of Washington.

(Ord. 033/2022 § 1 (Exh. A); Ord. 013/2019 § 2)