For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. The following definitions shall apply when considering any construction or change to a structure or dwelling, including installation of water or sewer connections or alterations to such services within the City limits, or development of any parcel of land within the City or intended to be brought within the City. Such terms specified in any regulations issued by the Department of Justice and the Department of Transportation to implement the Americans with Disabilities Act, or in referenced standards, have those meanings.
COMMERCIAL OR MULTIPLE USE FACILITY. A business establishment open to the public which may or may not provide multiple water and sewer facilities for use by more than one customer or employee, and includes restaurants, grocery stores and office space. A MULTIPLE USE FACILITY includes, but shall not be limited to, campgrounds, hotels/motels and hospitals and any facility included in the definition of “household” below.
HOUSEHOLD. A person living alone, or any of the following groups living together as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit and sharing common living, sleeping, cooking and eating facilities:
(1) Any number of people related by blood, marriage, adoption, guardianship or other duly-authorized custodial relationship;
(2) Not more than four unrelated people, including persons enrolled in an institution of higher learning;
(3) Two unrelated people and any children related to either of them; or
(4) Not more than four people who are:
(a) Residents of a “community residential facility” as defined in M.C.A. §§ 76-2-411 et seq. and this title; or
(b) Individuals meeting the definitions related to physical or mental impairment which may be found in the Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. § 3602(h) or its successor provision. This definition does not include those persons currently illegally using or addicted to a “controlled substance” as defined in the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 802(6).
(5) HOUSEHOLD does not include:
(a) Any society, club, fraternity, sorority, association, lodge, combine, federation, coterie, cooperative housing or like organization;
(b) Any group of individuals whose association is temporary or seasonal in nature; or
(c) Any group of individuals who are in a group living arrangement as a result of criminal offenses.
INDIVIDUAL DWELLING UNIT. A dwelling or portion of a dwelling used by one household for residential purposes.
INDUSTRIAL. The businesses engaged in the manufacture and/or transportation of goods which produce waste that is not classified as hazardous waste under the Environmental Protection Act.
RESIDENTIAL. Any room or combination of rooms, including trailers and mobile homes, with facilities for cooking, designed for occupancy by one family, and does not include nursing homes or other household units under the definition of “household” division (5) above.
(Ord. 370, passed 4-1-2019)