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. . . Ground cover means plants which are used for accents and/or soil stabilization and are typically 24 inches or less in height. Group home resident means a person residing in a group home for the purpose of receiving rehabilitation, treatment, or special care. Group home, residential, means a building or structure where persons reside for purposes of rehabilitation, treatment, or special care. Such persons may be orphaned, suffer chemical or emotional impairment, or suffer social maladjustment or dependency. Habitable building means any building or part thereof that meets minimum standards for use as a home or place of abode by one or more persons. Hardship, as used in conjunction with the granting of a variance under article VI, division 13, of this chapter, means the property in question cannot be put to a reasonable use under the conditions allowed by article VI, division 13, ofthis chapter. Economic considerations alone shall not constitute a hardship if any reasonable use for the property exists under the terms of article VI, division 13, of this chapter. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning includes installing, altering and repairing all heating, ventilation, and air conditioning appliance items, connections and appendages, no matter what the fuel source. Height (of a sign) means the vertical distance measured from the highest point of the sign to the grade ofthe adjacent street or to the surface grade beneath the sign, whichever is the greater distance. Heritage preservation site means any area, place, building, landmark, structure, lands, districts, or other object that has been zoned as a heritage preservation site overlay zoning district pursuant to sections 30-575 and 30-1836. Home occupation means any gainful occupation or profession customarily conducted entirely within a dwelling principally by members of a family residing therein, which use is clearly incidental and secondary to the use of the dwelling for residential purposes and does not change the character thereof. There are two types of home occupations: permitted home occupations, which are processed administratively following a certain set of criteria, and conditional home occupations, which do not meet the specific criteria for a permitted home occupation and require a public hearing pursuant to the procedures and standards for a conditional use permit. Horticultural use means the use of land for the growing or production for income of fruits, vegetables, flowers, nursery stock, including plants and trees, and cultured sod. Horticulture means the cultivation and management of trees, plants, grasses, vegetables and fruits for sale on-site from a wayside stand. Hot water means hot water supplied to plumbing fixtures at a temperature of not less than 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Hotel means any building or portion thereof where lodging is offered to transient guests for compensation and in which there are more than five sleeping rooms with no cooking facilities in individual dwelling units. Identification sign means a sign whose copy is limited to the name and address of a building, institution, or person and/or to the activity or occupation being identified. Illegal sign means a sign which has not received a permit to be installed or does not meet the requirements of this Code and which has not received legal nonconforming status. Illuminated sign means a sign with an artificial light source incorporated internally or externally for the purpose of making the sign message visible at night. 10