"Grade passageway" means a horizontal extension of a vertical exit or a passage leading from a yard
or court to an open exterior space.
"Guest" means any person who occupies a unit of dwelling space either as a temporary occupant or
transient in an establishment holding itself out as serving transients or on a temporary or permanent
basis in an establishment providing housekeeping or dining services on a regular basis to occupants.
"Habitable room" means a residential room or space, having an area exceeding 59 square feet in
which the ordinary functions of domestic life are carried on, and which includes bedrooms, living rooms,
studies, recreation rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, and other similar spaces, but does not include
closets, halls, stairs, laundry rooms, or bathrooms.
"Hazard" means a condition which because of faulty construction or maintenance of the premises
creates significant and recognizable danger or risk to the health and safety of persons on or near the
premises.
"Height (Buildings)" means the vertical distance from the curb level to the highest point of the roof
beams in the case of flat roofs, or to a point at the average height of the gable in the case of roofs
having a pitch of more than one foot in 4 1/2 feet; except that where the curb level has not been legally
established, or where every part of the building is set back more than 25 feet from a street line, the
height shall be measured from the adjoining grade elevation.
"Hotel" means any building, including but not limited to any related structure, accessory building and
land appurtenant thereto, and any part thereof, which contains ten or more dwelling units or has
sleeping facilities for 25 or more persons and is kept, used, maintained, advertised as, or held out to
be, a place where