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i.7a8 e H <br />(a) Hazard shall mean a significant source of risk, danger ar peril resuking from <br />natural phenomena or conditions including those precipitated or caused by <br />activities of humans. <br />(b) Hozard, Geologic shall mean a geological phenomenon, which is so adverse to <br />past, current or foreseeable construction or land use as to constitute a significant <br />hazard to public health and safety, or to property. The teen includes but is not <br />limited to avalanches, landslides, rods falls, mud flows, and unstable or potential{y <br />unstable slopes. <br />(c) Hazardous Material shall mean a substance or combination of substances which, <br />because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, dtemiml or infectious <br />characteristics, may either. (I) Cause, or significantly contribute to an inaease in <br />mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or inwpadtating reversible, illnesst <br />or (2j Pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or <br />environment when improperly treated, stored, transported or disposed of or <br />otherwise managed. <br />r <br />(d) Health pepartment or Health Services shall mean the Gilpin County Department <br />of Public and Environme~rtal Health Services. <br />(e) Helipad shall mean the same as heliport except that no refueling, maintenance, <br />repairs or storage of helicopter is permitted. . <br />(f) Heliport shall mean an area of land or water or structural surface that is used, <br />or intended for use, for the landing and take-off of helicopters, and any <br />appurtenant areas that are used, ar intended for use, for heliport buildings and <br />other heliport facilities. <br />(g) Historical, Cul}ural or Archeologiool resource shall mean any area in the County <br />that has been officially designated or recognized an area for intended <br />conservation, preservation or restoration by the Board of County Commissioners. <br />(h) Home Occupation (Home-Based Business) shall mean any use customarily <br />wnducted entirely within a dwelling or accessory structure and carried on by the <br />inhabitants thereof, which use is cleorly incidental to the use of the structure for <br />dwelling purposes and which does not change the character thereof or does not <br />adversely affect the uses permitted in the zone of which it is a part. <br />(i) Hospital shall mean an institution providing physical or mental health services, <br />primarily for inpatients or out-patiestts utilizing hospital staff, overnight <br />accommodations, and medical and/or surgical cafe of the sick or injured. <br />(j) Hotel shall mean facility offering transient lodging accommodations to the <br />general public, containing six (6} or more guest rooms without kitchens, and which <br />may provide additional services and facilities, such as dining, recreation, and <br />meeting space. Hotel shall include motel. <br />Gilpin County Zoning Regulations 14 <br />