CONNECTICUT MODEL ZONING CODE PROJECT - Land Use Law

intersecting roads; and (4) is designed with access to abutting properties under some degree of control and safestandards of design. (Planner’s Dictionary)Hillside:Land having an average of greater than 25% for 200 feet or more. (New Milford, CT)Historic:Any site approved by the Connecticut State Historical Commission and listed on the National Register of HistoricPlaces as maintained by the National Park Service of the Department of the Interior of the United States of Americashall be classified as an historic site. Within the boundaries of any such historic site as hereinabove defined, theremay be undertaken for the purpose of restoration, reconstruction or recreation the erection of any building,outbuilding, accessory building, fence, wall or any other structural feature incidental to the historical significance ofthe property and appropriate to its period and culture. (Stamford, CT)Home Industries:Industries in the home in which at least 75% of the articles offered for sale require the skillful use of the hands in theproduction of articles on the premises which are not mass-produced, such as pottery and weaving. (Madison, CT)Home Occupation:Any use customarily conducted for remuneration entirely within a dwelling and carried on by the inhabitantsthereof, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for dwelling purposes and does notchange the character thereof. The conducting of a clinic, hospital, or any similar use shall not be deemed to be ahome occupation. (Stamford, CT)Hospital:Any establishment for the diagnosis, treatment or other care of human ailments. (Canton, CT)Hotel:A building, or portion thereof, containing rooms occupied primarily by transients who are lodged with or withoutmeals, and in which are provided such services as are incidental to the use thereof as a temporary residence. (NewBritain)Hydrodynamic Loads:Loads that are caused on buildings or structures by the flow of flood water moving at moderate or high velocityaround the buildings or structures or parts thereof, above ground level which allows the free flow of flood water.Hydrodynamic loads are basically of the lateral type and relate to direct impact loads by the moving mass of water,and to drag forces as water flows around the obstruction. (Westport, CT)Hydrostatic Loads:Loads that are caused by water, either above or below the ground surface, free or confined, and which is eitherstagnant or moves at slow velocities up to 5 feet per second. Hydrostatic pressures at any point are equal in alldirections and always are perpendicular to the surface on which they are applied. (Westport, CT)Impervious surfaces:A surface that significantly changes the water absorption rate, including areas for parking, building roads, sidewalks,driveways and all areas covered with concrete or asphalt. (Goshen, CT)Indoor Recreation Facilities: (See, Physical Fitness Center; See also, Health, Fitness, and Recreational Facility)Industrial Park:A planned, coordinated development of a tract of land with two or more separate industrial buildings. Suchdevelopment is planned, designed, constructed and managed on an integrated and coordinated basis with specialattention given to on-site vehicular circulation, parking, utility needs, building design and orientation, and openspace. (Windham, CT)Industrial Plant:21