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Highway - A general term denoting a public way for purposes of vehicular travel, including the entire area within the right-of- way. Historic Roads - Protected Area - The area thirty (30) feet parallel to and abutting the right-of-way lines on any historic or scenic road set forth in the comprehensive plan of Indian River County. Historic Tree - A tree which has been determined to be of notable historic interest and value to Indian River County because of its location, or historic association, with the community, and which has been so designated by the board of county commissioners in the official record books of the county following a public hearing with due notice provided in advance by certified mail to the owner. Home Occupation - Any occupation or activity carried on within a residential property, where the activity is conducted only by members of the family living within the residence where products are not offered for sale from the premises, where no evidence of the occupation is visible or audible from the exterior of the residential property, where traffic is not generated in excess of that customary at residences and where no commercial vehicles are kept on the premises or parked overnight on the premises unless otherwise permitted by these regulations. Homeowners Association - A formally constituted nonprofit association or corporation made up of the property owners and/or residents of a fixed area; it may take permanent responsibility for costs and upkeep of semiprivate community facilities. Horizontal Zone - The area around each civilian airport with an outer boundary the perimeter of which is constructed by swinging arcs of specified radii from the center of each end of the primary zone of each airport's runway and connecting the adjacent arcs by lines tangent to those arcs. Hospital - An establishment that: a) offers services more intensive than those required for room, board, personal services, and general nursing care, and offers facilities and beds for use beyond twenty- four (24) hours by individuals requiring diagnosis, treatment, or care for illness, injury, deformity, infirmity, abnormality, disease, or pregnancy; and (b) regularly makes available at least clinical laboratory services, diagnostic X -Ray services, and treatment facilities for surgery or obstetrical care, or other definitive medical treatment of similar extent. A hospital shall not include a facility for the care or treatment of the sick who depend exclusively upon prayer or spiritual means for healing in the practice of a religion. Hotel/Motel - Any building or groups of buildings containing sleeping room accommodations for guests, and providing the services generally provided by a hotel or motel and recognized as a hotel or motel in the community in which it is situated, or by the 41