Zoning Dictionary

Letter: H

Homeless Shelter/Mission

A facility providing temporary housing for one or more individuals who are otherwise homeless. Means a facility that provides temporary housing to homeless or transient individuals including accessory services such as counseling or vocational training. A facility for the shelter and feeding of persons who lack a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence for up to 30 […]

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Homezone (Safe Street)

Residential streets in which the road space is shared between drivers and other road users with the wider needs and safety of residents, including people who walk and cycle, prioritised over car drivers.

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Homing Pigeon

Shall mean a bird of the order Columbae. It does not fall in the category of “fowl” which includes chickens, turkeys, ducks, gees and other domesticate birds other than pigeons. The term “homing pigeon” shall also include and mean “racing pigeon”.

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Hospice

Facilities providing in-patient care for individuals suffering from a terminal illness.

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Hospital

Any institution, building or other premises or place established for the maintenance, observation, medical and dental care and supervision and skilled nursing care of persons afflicted with or suffering from sickness, disease or injury or for the convalescent or chronically ill persons. A structure or group of structures used for providing services for the inpatient […]

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Hospital Long-term

An institution providing care of a specialized nature for the chronically ill, generally confined for periods of time who are exceeding thirty (30) days including long term care for alcoholic, narcotic or psychiatric patients, and institutions for patients with a contagious disease such as tuberculosis sanitariums.

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Hostel

An establishment in which men only or women only are harbored, received or lodged for hire for a single night or for less than a week at one time, except a hotel, tourist home, or private hospital.

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Hot Tub

A tub or small pool, usually made of wood or fiberglass, in which heated water is maintained for recreational or therapeutic activities, including, but not limited to, jacuzzis, whirlpools and spas.

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Hotel

A building or group of buildings where sleeping accommodation (with or without meals) is provided to the public, but where no individual private cooking facilities are provided. A building or buildings or part thereof on the same site used to accommodate the travelling public for gain or profit, by supplying them with sleeping accommodation (with […]

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