(a) "Family" means one person who shall be the head of the household and may include the following persons who live with the head of the household as a single housekeeping unit in a single dwelling unit:
(1) Persons related by blood, guardianship or adoption under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or marriage to the head of the household; or
(2) Not more than two persons, including roomers and servants, not related by blood, guardianship, adoption under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, or marriage, to the head of the household.
(3) In no event shall the number of occupants of a dwelling unit exceed the number allowed by the Housing Code.
(b) "Single housekeeping unit" means persons who join with the head of the household in sharing meals, using the living room, dining room, kitchen facilities and other common areas within a dwelling unit, and sharing customary household obligations.
(c) "Head of the household" means:
(1) In an owner occupied dwelling unit with a single owner, the head of the household is the single owner.
(2) In an owner occupied dwelling unit with more than a single owner, the head of the household is the adult owner who has the greatest number of related family members, or such other adult owner as the co-owners may designate. In no event shall the number of family members exceed those allowed under the Housing Code.
(3) In a nonowner occupied dwelling unit with a single lessee or tenant, the head of the household is the single lessee or tenant.
(4) In a nonowner occupied dwelling unit with more than a single occupant, the head of the household is the adult occupant who has the greatest number of related occupant family members, or such other adult occupant as the co-occupants may designate. In no event shall the number of family members exceed those allowed under the Housing Code.
(d) "Roomer" means a person who renders services, pays rent or provides other consideration for occupancy of one or more rooms within a dwelling unit, but less than the entire dwelling unit, who is not a member of the resident family, and who occupies or contracts to occupy the room or rooms for more than thirty consecutive days. A roomer shall either have sole and exclusive occupancy of his/her sleeping quarters or shall share such sleeping quarters with only one other person. (Ord. 89-17. Passed 11-6-89.)