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<br /> <br /> <br />building, between the building and a line five feet from the building. In cases where walls are parallel <br />to and within five feet of a sidewalk, the finished ground level shall be measured at the sidewalk. <br />Please refer to the grade standards illustration below. <br /> <br /> <br />GRADE STANDARDS <br />(The diagram is illustrative) <br /> <br />Grade, Street. The top of the curb, or the top of the edge of the pavement or traveled way where no <br />curb exists. <br /> <br />Group Housing. Shared living quarters, with a congregate arrangement, where meals are provided in a <br />common dining area, and either no or limited cooking facilities are provided within the individual <br />rooms or units. This classification includes rooming or boarding houses, private residential clubs, <br />congregate and/or assisted care facilities for the elderly or persons with disabilities, and housing for <br />individuals requiring court ordered supervision, but excludes “Residential Hotels,” “Hotels, Motels <br />,and Time-Share Facilities,” “Convalescent Facilities,” and “Residential Congregate Care Facilities” use <br />classifications. <br /> <br />Gun or Weapon Shop. A business establishment principally engaged in the business of selling <br />firearms, ammunition or other “deadly weapon” as defined in Part 4, Title 2 of California Penal Code <br />(commencing with Section 12000). <br /> <br />Hazardous Substances. Includes all substances on the comprehensive master list of hazardous <br />substances compiled and maintained by the California Department of Health Services pursuant to <br />Section 25282 of the California Health and Safety Code or the California Occupational Safety and Health <br />Agency’s Hazardous Substances List; CCR Title 8, Division 1, Chapter 3.2, Subchapter 1, Article 5, Section <br />339. See also Section 4.04.212 Hazardous Materials Storage. <br /> <br />Health and Fitness Centers. Establishments with equipment for exercise and physical conditioning. <br />This classification includes spas, gyms, tennis clubs, racquet ball clubs, pools, sports courts and fields, <br />climbing walls, skating rinks, batting cages, diet centers, reducing salons, fitness studios, health <br />studios, and massage therapy as an accessory use to another health and fitness center use. <br /> <br />Hedge. Any arrangement of plants or trees forming a barrier or erected to enclose or screen areas of <br />land and obstructing the clear view. <br /> <br />Height. A vertical dimension measured from finished ground level to the coping of a flat roof or to the <br />deck line of a mansard roof or to the average height of the highest gable of a pitched or hipped roof. <br />The height of a stepped or terraced building is the maximum height of any segment of the building, <br />unless otherwise specified, to the highest point. Please refer to the Building Height illustration below. <br />(For a definition of “height” in relation to Telecommunications antennas and towers, see Section