Residential use types include uses providing wholly non-transient, long-term rental living accommodations. They exclude institutional living arrangements providing 24-hour skilled nursing or medical care, forced residence, or therapeutic settings.
A. Single-Family Residential: The use of a site for one dwelling unit, occupied by one family. Mobile-home units, as defined by this section, are not a single-family residential use type.
1. Single-Family Residential (Detached): A single-family residential use in which one dwelling unit is located on a single lot, with no physical or structural connection to any other dwelling unit.
2. Single-Family Residential (Attached): A single-family residential use in which one dwelling unit is located on a single lot and is attached by a common vertical wall to only one other adjacent dwelling unit on another single lot.
B. Duplex Residential: The use of a legally-described lot for two (2) dwelling units, each occupied by one family within a single building, excluding manufactured or mobile home units, but including modular housing units.
C. Townhouse Residential: The use of a site for three (3) or more attached dwelling units, each occupied by one family and separated by vertical side walls extending from foundation through roof without openings. Each townhouse unit must have at least two (2) exposed exterior walls.
D. Multiple-Family Residential: A building with three (3) or more dwelling units. Units may be individually owned or rented for not fewer than thirty (30) days.
E. Downtown Residential: The use of upper levels above street level of a building within the central business district of the city of Bettendorf for single- or multiple-family residential uses.
F. Live/Work Dwelling: A dwelling unit used for both residential purposes and any nonresidential use permitted in the zoning district in which the unit is located, provided that not more than two (2) people who do not reside in the unit are employed on the premises.
G. Group Residential: The use of a site for the residence of more than three (3) unrelated persons, not otherwise defined as a family, in which occupants are accommodated in rooms not defined as dwelling units. Group residential uses are limited to facilities that are officially recognized or operated by a college or university, government agency, or nonprofit organization. Typical uses include fraternity or sorority houses and dormitories not incorporated into a college and university use type.
H. Boarding House: The use of a site for the residence of more than four (4) unrelated persons, not otherwise defined as a family, in which occupants are accommodated in rooms not defined as dwelling units.
I. Mobile Home Park: Use of a site under single ownership for one or more mobile home units. Generally, the land on which mobile homes are placed in a mobile home park is leased from the owner of the facility.
J. Retirement Residence: A building or group of buildings which provide residential facilities, provided that seventy five percent (75%) of the residents are at least sixty (60) years of age, or households headed by a householder of at least sixty (60) years of age. A retirement residence may provide a range of residential building types and may also provide support services to residents, including, but not limited to, food service, general health supervision, medication services, housekeeping services, personal services, recreation facilities, and transportation services. The retirement residence may accommodate food preparation in independent units or meal service in one or more common areas. Retirement residences may include additional health care supervision, rehabilitation services or nursing care. (Ord. 35-17, 10-17-2017)