(a) BED AND BREAKFAST INN. A building occupied or used as a temporary dwelling place of individuals or groups of individuals for a fee, where on-premise facilities are provided for the serving of one or more meals on a daily basis, and where the person with direct management responsibility of such establishment maintains a permanent residence within the establishment. A BED AND BREAKFAST INN is typically contained in whole or in part within a building which was previously a private residence.
(b) BOARDING OR ROOMING HOUSE. A building, other than a hotel or multiple-family dwelling, where lodging is provided to persons for compensation, and where facilities for food preparation are not provided in individual rooms.
(c) DORMITORY. A building in which housing is provided for individual students under the general supervision or regulation of an accredited college or university and as distinguished from an apartment, hotel, motel or rooming house. A DORMITORY may provide apartment units for guests, faculty or supervisory personnel on a ratio not to exceed one such apartment unit for each 50 students for which the building is designed. Individual rooms or suites of rooms may have cooking facilities. The DORMITORY may include facilities such as a commissary and/or snack bar, lounge and study area, dining halls and accessory kitchen, recreation facilities and laundry, provided that these facilities are for the benefit and use of the occupants and their guests and not open to the general public.
(f) GARAGE APARTMENT. A dwelling unit attached to or erected above a private garage.
(g) GARDEN (PATIO) HOME. A free-standing, detached structure used for residential purposes, built in accordance with standards set out in § 155.230.
(h) GUEST HOUSE. Living quarters within a detached accessory building located on the same premises with the main building, for use by temporary guests of the occupants of the premises, such quarters having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.
(i) HOTEL, MOTEL OR MOTOR LODGE. A building or group of buildings designed and occupied as a temporary dwelling place and where an office and register is maintained separately and apart from any of the rooms or units provided for the residents. To be classified as a hotel or motel, an establishment shall contain a minimum of four individual guest rooms or units and shall furnish customary hotel/motel services such as linen, maid service, telephone use and upkeep of furnishings. A HOTEL, MOTEL OR MOTOR LODGE may include restaurants, club rooms, banquet halls, ballrooms and meeting rooms as accessory uses.
(j) MANUFACTURED HOME, HUD CODE. A structure, constructed on or after June 15, 1976, according to the rules of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, transportable in one or more sections, which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems. All references in this chapter to manufactured housing or manufactured home(s) shall be references to HUD Code Manufactured Housing, unless otherwise specified.
(k) MANUFACTURED HOME PARK. Any tract of land under single ownership approved for occupancy by manufactured housing-and accessory structures related thereto and designed and operated in accordance with standards herein set forth or as set forth in any other ordinance of the City of Seven Points relating to the location, use, construction, operation or maintenance of manufactured housing. Such areas are commonly called “mobile home parks”.
(l) MANUFACTURED HOME SUBDIVISION. A tract of land to be used as a location primarily for owner-occupied HUD Code manufactured homes and which has been final platted of record in its entirety in accordance with the City of Seven Points Subdivision Regulations.
(m) MOBILE HOME. A structure constructed before June 15, 1976, transportable in one or more sections which, in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or mare in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical systems.
(n) MODULAR HOME. A single-family structure or building, module manufactured, at a location other than the location where it is installed and used as a residence, transportable in one or more sections on a temporary chassis or other conveyance, device and designed to be used as a permanent dwelling when installed and placed upon a permanent foundation system. The term includes the plumbing, heating, air conditioning and electrical systems contained in the structure. The term does not include a mobile home or trailer, nor does it include building modules incorporating concrete or masonry as the primary structural component.
(p) MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING OR APARTMENT. Any building or portion thereof, which is designed, built, rented, leased or let to be occupied as three or more dwelling units or apartments, or which is occupied as a home or place of residence by three or more families living in independent dwelling units.
(q) RESIDENCE HOTEL. A multi-dwelling unit extended stay lodging facility consisting of efficiency units or suites with a complete kitchen suitable for long-term occupancy. Customary hotel services, such as linen, maid service, telephone and upkeep of furniture shall be provided. Meeting room, clubhouse and recreational facilities intended for the use of residents and their guests are permitted. This definition shall not include other dwelling units as defined in this chapter.
(r) RETIREMENT HOUSING. A development providing dwelling units specifically designed for the needs of ambulatory retired persons. The following subsidiary uses shall be permitted to provide on-site goods and services for residents and their guests, but are not intended for use by the general public:
a) Cafeteria and/or dining room;
b) Library;
c) Game room;
d) Swimming pool and/or Jacuzzi;
e) Exercise room;
f) Arts and crafts facilities;
g) Greenhouse;
h) Housekeeping service;
i) Transportation service;
j) Snack bar with a maximum of 350 square feet per 100 dwelling units;
k) Beauty/barber shop with a maximum of 250 square feet per 100 dwelling units or a maximum of 450 square feet per 100 dwelling units; and
l) Convenience retail shop with maximum of 350 square feet per 100 dwelling units to provide for sale of food items, non-prescription drugs, small household items and gifts.
(s) SERVANT’S, CARETAKER’S OR GUARD’S RESIDENCE. An accessory building or portion of an accessory building located on the same lot or grounds with the main building, containing not more than one set of kitchen and bathroom facilities and used as living quarters for a person or persons employed on the premises for not less than 50% of his or her actual working time, and not otherwise used or designed as a separate place of abode.
(t) SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING, ATTACHED. A dwelling that is part of a structure containing three or more dwellings, each designed and constructed for occupancy by one family, with each dwelling unit attached by a common wall to another with a minimum length of attachment of 20 feet, in which each dwelling is located on a separate platted lot.
(u) SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING, DETACHED. A detached building designed exclusively for occupancy by one family, excluding manufactured housing and modular homes.
(v) TOWNHOUSE OR ROW DWELLING. One of a series of not less than three nor more than ten attached one family dwellings under common roof with common exterior wall, and separated from one another by single partition walls without openings from basement to roof. No townhouse dwelling unit is to be constructed above another townhouse dwelling unit.
(w) TRAVEL TRAILER PARK. Any tract of land under single ownership, where accommodation is provided for travel trailer use.
(x) TWO-FAMILY DWELLING. A building designed for occupancy by two individuals or families living independently of each other within separate units which have a common wall and are under one roof.
(y) ZERO LOT LINE HOUSE. A residence allowed to have little or no side yard on one side, where the wall on that side has no doors, windows, or other openings and which otherwise qualifies for a one-hour fire rating as defined in the building code. See § 155.230 for additional regulations relating to garden (patio) homes.