(a) "Dwelling unit" means space within a dwelling comprising living, dining and/or kitchen facilities, sleeping room or rooms and space and equipment for bathing and toilet facilities.
(b) "Dwelling" means a building designed or occupied exclusively for nontransient residential use, including one-family, two-family or multi-family buildings.
(c) "One-family dwelling" means a building consisting of one dwelling unit only, detached or separate from other dwelling units by open spaces.
(d) "Two-family dwelling" means a building consisting of two dwelling units which are either attached side by side or one above the other, and each unit having either a separate or combined entrance or entrances, including duplexes and flats.
(Ord. 67-17. Passed 5-15-67.)
(e) "Multi-family dwelling" means a building consisting of three or more dwelling units with varying arrangements of entrances and party walls, including:
(1) "Row house" or "townhouse" means a multi-family dwelling comprised of dwelling units attached in a row or group, attached side by side, having party walls, and each unit having at least one separate outside entrance.
(2) "Apartment building" means a multi-family dwelling comprised of three or more dwelling units (apartments) arranged side by side and/or one above the other, and each unit having a separate entrance or entrances connected to a common outside entrance or entrances or connected to a common hall leading to the exterior.
(3) "Apartment hotel" means a dwelling which is similar to an apartment building, except that the rooms may be designed for dual use and the unit intended for more or less transient occupancy.
(4) "Senior citizen housing" means a building or group of buildings containing apartments or other dwelling units designed and administered for the special needs of elderly persons, together with related recreation, social and health facilities, administered in such a manner as to restrict occupancy to persons sixty-two years of age or older or, in the case of married couples, one of whom is sixty-two years of age or older, and to handicapped persons. "Senior citizen housing" shall also include "congregate housing". "Congregate housing" means a building or group of buildings containing apartments or other dwelling units designed and administered for the special needs of elderly persons wherein residents shall be provided at least one meal per day, central kitchen, dining and recreation, social, hobby, craft and physical therapy facilities, housekeeping and laundry assistance, limited nursing care, health monitoring and other personal services, and administered in a manner as to restrict occupancy to persons sixty-two years of age or older or, in the case of married couples, one of whom is sixty-two years of age or older, and to handicapped persons. Both "senior citizen housing" and "congregate housing" shall provide a twenty-four hour, seven day a week emergency call assistance service wherein each dwelling unit is directly connected to an office having both visual and voice communication capability within the building itself.
(Ord. 86-22. Passed 4-4-88.)
(f) "Accessory living accommodations" means a building, or part thereof, used solely as accommodations for occupants' personal guests, persons employed on the premises or other nonpaying transients, and in which no cooking or similar housekeeping equipment is provided.
(g) "Rooming house" means a building or part thereof, operated by a resident family, in which a room or rooms, excluding cooking facilities within the rental unit, are occupied for compensation by more than one person but not more than three persons by the day or for a more extended period of time.
(h) "Tourist house" means a one-family dwelling, operated by a resident family, in which only overnight guests are lodged for compensation.
(Ord. 67-17. Passed 5-15-67.)
(i) "Hotel" means every structure which, in whole or in part, as a main or accessory use is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where living and/or sleeping accommodations, excluding cooking facilities within the rental unit, are offered for consideration to transient guests and having a common entrance or entrances. The term "transient guests" means persons who contract to occupy the premises for thirty days or less.
(j) "Motel" means every structure or group of structures, detached or semi-detached, having separate outside entrances which, in whole or in part, as a main or accessory use, is kept, used, maintained, advertised or held out to the public to be a place where only overnight sleeping accommodations, excluding cooking facilities within the rental unit, are offered for consideration to transient guests, principally automobile travelers. The term "transient guests" means persons who contract to occupy the premises on a daily basis not to exceed thirty days.
(Ord. 89-44. Passed 12-4-89.)