Residential use types include uses providing wholly or primarily non-transient living accommodations. They exclude institutional living arrangements providing 24-hour skilled nursing or medical care, forced residence, or therapeutic settings.
1. 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.
A. 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.
B. 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.
2. Duplex Residential. The use of a legally-described lot for two dwelling units, each occupied by one family within a single building, excluding manufactured or mobile home units, but including modular housing units.
3. Two-Family Residential. The use of a site for two dwelling units, each occupied by one family, each in a separate building, excluding a mobile home unit.
4. Townhouse Residential. The use of a site for three 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 exposed exterior walls.
5. Multiple-Family Residential. The use of a site for three or more dwelling units within one building not otherwise defined as townhouse units.
6. Downtown Residential. The use of upper levels above street level of a building within the Central Business District of the City of Denison for single- or multiple-family residential uses.
7. Group Residential. The use of a site for the residence of more than three 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.
8. Lodging House. The use of a site for the residence of more than four unrelated persons, not otherwise defined as a family, in which occupants are accommodated in rooms not defined as dwelling units.
9. Manufactured Home Residential. Use of a site for one or more manufactured home dwellings, as defined in Section 165.11.
10. 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.
11. Mobile Home Subdivision. Division of a tract of land into lots that meet all the requirements of the City of Denison's subdivision ordinance for the location of mobile homes. Generally, a lot within a Mobile Home Subdivision is owned by the owner of the mobile home placed upon such lot.
12. Retirement Residence. A building or group of buildings which provide residential facilities, provided that 75% of the residents are at least sixty years of age, or households headed by a householder of at least sixty 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 or nursing care.