Unified Land Development Code - Town of Gilbert

GLOSSARY
HELISTOP: A designated landing area used for the landing and taking off of helicopters for the
purpose of picking up or discharging passengers or cargo, not including fueling or service
facilities.
HIGHWAY: A general term denoting a public way for purposes of vehicular travel, including
the entire area within the right-of-way.
HOME OCCUPATION: A "home occupation" is an occupation or a profession which:
1. Is customarily carried on in a dwelling unit, or in an attached building;
2. Is carried on by a member or members of the family residing in the dwelling unit,
and
3. Is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling unit for residential
purpose, and
4. Conforms to the following additional conditions:
a. The occupations or profession shall be carried on wholly within the principal
building or within an attached building.
b. No one outside of the family shall be employed in a "home occupation".
c. There shall be no exterior display, no exterior storage of materials, and no
other exterior indication of the "home occupation II or variation from the
residential character of the principal building.
d. No offensive noise, vibration, smoke, dust, odors, heat, or glare shall be
produced.
e. The activity shall be limited to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.
A home occupation shall not include, among others the following: barber shops and beauty
parlors; commercial stables, veterinary offices, hospitals, and kennels; real estate offices;
restaurants. A home occupation may include, among others the following: child day care or
adult day care, but shall not include a day care center.
(Ord. No. 1101, § I, 4-14-98)
HOSPITAL: An institution, place, building, or agency, public or private, whether organized for
profit or not, devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis and
treatment or care of two (2) or more unrelated persons admitted for overnight stay or longer in
order to obtain medical treatment, including obstetric, psychiatric and nursing, care of illness,
disease, injury, infirmity, or deformity. The term "hospital" also includes:
1. Any facility which is devoted primarily to providing psychiatric and related
services and programs for the diagnosis and treatment or care of two (2) or more
unrelated persons suffering from emotional or nervous disease; and
2. All places where pregnant women are received, cared for, or treated during
delivery, irrespective of the number of patients received.
Supp. No.1 Glossary, Pg. 15