22.204.090 - "H"
"Habitable room" means space in a building occupied, used, designed, or intended to
be used for living, sleeping, eating, or cooking. Bathrooms, toilet compartments,
closets, halls, laundry rooms, storage or utility space, and similar areas are not
habitable rooms.
"Hazard" means a condition that exposes any person to the risk of illness, bodily
harm, or loss of or damage to possessions.
Historic. See "Building, historic."
"Hotel" means a building that contains six or more guest rooms and is intended for
occupancy by transients.
"Housekeeping unit" means a housing unit of one or more rooms, used for living, sleeping,
and cooking and sharing a common bathroom.
"Housing costs" means the compensation or fees paid or charged, usually periodically,
for the use of any housing unit. For purposes of this Chapter 22.204, housing costs include rent and any periodic or monthly fees for other services such
as storage and parking paid to the landlord by the tenant. Housing costs do not include
utility charges that are based on usage and that the tenant has agreed in the rental
agreement to pay, unless the tenant was not obligated to pay utility charges under
the terms of the previous rental agreement.
"Housing unit" means any dwelling unit, housekeeping unit, guest room, dormitory,
or single room occupancy unit.
(Ord. 125054, § 4, 2016; Ord. 115671, § 5, 1991; Ord. 113545 § 4(part), 1987.)