"Family" means:
(a) One individual; or
(b) A number of individuals related to the nominal head of the household, living as a single housekeeping unit in a single dwelling unit, but not including persons other than the following:
(1) Husband or wife of the nominal head of the household; or
(2) Son or daughter of the nominal head of the household or of the spouse of the nominal head of the household, and the spouse and dependent children of such son or daughter; or
(3) Father or mother or grandfather or grandmother of the nominal head of the household, or of the spouse of the nominal head of the household; or
(4) Dependent, as construed by the United States Internal Revenue Service, brother or sister of the nominal head of the household or of the spouse of the nominal head of the household, which brother or sister is not living with his or her spouse, and his or her dependent children.
(Ord. 73-7. Passed 2-19-1973.)
(5) In a non-owner occupied dwelling unit, apartment or condominium unit, no person shall be a head of the household without first providing written authority from the owner(s) designating such head of the household by name as the owners' agent on the premises. The owners and such designated agent shall be jointly and severally responsible for compliance with the Housing and Zoning Code.
(Ord. 97-16. Passed 3-18-1997.)
(c) Federally protected classes of handicapped persons treated as meeting definition of family: Unrelated persons, who use and occupy a residential dwelling unit as a family who conform to Section 1248.04 and the square footage occupancy requirements for residential dwelling units in Section 1480.08, and who demonstrate they are each and continue to be members of a protected class of handicapped persons under applicable Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 [42 USC 3601 et seq.] shall be treated as meeting the definition of "family".
(1982 Code, § 1101.10) (Ord. 93-27. Passed 6-7-1993.)