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Section 2.05

Definitions G-H

Garage, Private or Public: An accessory building or portion of a principal building designed or use solely for the storage of motor vehicles, boats, and similar vehicles owned and used by the occupants of the building to which it is accessory.
Garden Center: An establishment with retail sales of trees, fruits, vegetables, shrubbery, plants, seeds, topsoil, humus, fertilizer, trellises, lawn furniture, playground equipment and other home garden supplies and equipment.
Glare: The effect produced at the lot line by brightness sufficient to cause annoyance, discomfort, or loss in visual performance and visibility.
Golf Course: A public or private open area of fairways, greens and rough and may include a clubhouse and related accessory uses provided that all structures and activities shall be an integral part of the intended main recreational land use. Further, all clubhouses, restaurants, pro–shop facilities, etc., shall be secondary in nature to the golf course and may not be continued if the principal golf course activity shall cease or become the minor activity of the facility.
Grade, Average: The arithmetic average of the lowest and highest grade elevations in an area within five (5) feet of the foundation line of a building or structure.
Grade, Finished: The lowest point of elevation between the exterior wall of the structure and a line five (5) feet from the exterior wall of the structure.
Grade, Natural: The elevation of the ground surface in its natural state, before construction begins.
Granny Cottage or Garden Cottage: A type of Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU). A smaller secondary home on the same lot as a primary dwelling, having total square footage between 200 and 600. ADUs are independent, habitable, and provide basic requirements of shelter, healing, cooking, water, and sanitary services. Granny Cottages/Garden Cottages are detached structures.
Greenbelt: A landscaped area between the property line and the front yard building or parking setback line, this area also includes a front yard parking lot setback area.
Ground Cover: The herbaceous plants that grows over an area of ground.
Group Day-Care Home: See “Child Care Organization” or “Adult Foster Care Facility.”
Group Foster Care Home: See “Child Care Organizations” or “Adult Foster Care Facility.”

Hard Surface: For a single-family home, hard surface consists of MDOT 22A or 23A gravel, brick, asphalt or concrete meeting the construction specifications of the Village of Mayville.
Harmful Increase: An unnaturally high stage on a river, stream, or lake which causes, or may cause damage to property, threat to life, personal injury, or damage to land or water resources.
Hazardous Substance: A chemical or other material that is or may become injurious to the public health, safety, or welfare, or to the environment. The term "hazardous substance" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: Hazardous Substances as defined in the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, Public Law 96.510, 94 State. 2767. Hazardous Waste as defined in Part 111 of the State of Michigan Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 Public Act 451, as amended. Regulated Substance as defined in Part 213 of the State of Michigan Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 Public Act 451, as amended. Hazardous Substance as defined in Part 201 of the State of Michigan Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act, 1994 Public Act 451, as amended. Used oil. Animal waste or byproducts, or carcasses.
Hazardous Uses and Materials: Any uses which involve the storage, sale, manufacture, or processing of materials which are dangerous, combustible and/or produce either poisonous fumes or explosions in the event of fire. These uses include all high hazard uses listed in Section 306 of the Basic Building Code/1990 edition, as amended or updated, prepared by the Building Officials & Code Administrators International, Inc.
Hazardous or Toxic Waste: Waste or a combination of waste and other discarded material (including but not limited to solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material) which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may cause or significantly contribute to the following if improperly treated, stored, transported, disposed of, or otherwise managed: an increase in mortality, or an increase in serious irreversible illness, or serious incapacitating but reversible illness, or substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment.
Health Care Facility: A facility or institution, public or private, principally engaged in providing services for health maintenance, diagnosis and treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity, or physical condition including, but not limited to, public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, rehabilitation center, extended care facility, tuberculosis hospital, out-patient clinic, dispensary, home health care agency, and bioanalytical laboratory or central services facility serving one (1) or more such institutions, but excluding religious or other institutions that do not provide medical services.
Historical Feature, Significant: Any site or structure which is located in a designated local historic district or listed in the state or national register of historic places.
Home Occupation: An occupation for gain or support conducted within a residence solely by members of a family residing on the premises and conducted entirely within the dwelling; provided that no article is sold or offered for sale except such as may be produced by members of the immediate family residing on the premises.
Hotel: A series of attached, semidetached, or detached rental units which provide lodging on a temporary basis and are offered to the public for compensation. The term “hotel” shall include tourists’

cabins and homes, motor courts, and motels. A hotel shall not be considered or construed to be a multiple-family dwelling.