Residential use types include uses providing wholly or primarily non-transient living accommodations. They exclude institutional living arrangements providing 24-hour skilled nursing or medical care, forced residence, or therapeutic settings.
1. Single-Family Residential. The use of a site for one dwelling unit, occupied by one family. (NOTE: Mobile home units are not a single-family use type. See following categories for such units).
A. “Detached single-family residential” means a single-family residential use in which one dwelling unit is located on a single lot, with no physical or structural connection to any other dwelling unit.
B. “Attached single-family residential” means a single-family residential use in which one dwelling unit is located on a single lot and is attached by a common vertical wall to only one other adjacent dwelling unit on another single lot.
2. Duplex Residential. The use of a legally described lot for two dwelling units, each occupied by one family within a single building, excluding mobile home units, but including modular housing units.
3. Two-Family Residential. The use of a site for two dwelling units, each occupied by one family, each in a separate building, excluding a mobile home unit.
4. Townhouse Residential. The use of a site for three or more attached dwelling units, each occupied by one family and separated by vertical side walls extending from foundation through roof without openings. Each townhouse unit must have at least two exposed exterior walls.
5. Multiple-Family Residential. The use of a site for three or more dwelling units within one building.
6. Downtown Residential. The use of upper levels above street level of a building within the Town Center District of the City for single- or multiple-family residential uses.
7. Group Residential. The use of a site for a residence by four or more unrelated persons, not defined as a family, on a weekly or longer basis.
8. Manufactured Home Residential. The use of a site for one or more manufactured home dwellings, as defined in Chapter 166.
9. Mobile Home Park. The use of a site under single ownership for one or more mobile home units. Generally, the land on which mobile homes are placed in a mobile home park is leased from the owner of the facility.
10. Retirement Residence. A building or group of buildings which provide residential facilities for four or more residents of at least 50 years of age, or households headed by a householder of at least 50 years of age. A retirement residence may provide a range of residential building types and may also provide support services to residents, including (but not limited to) food service, general health supervision, medication services, housekeeping services, personal services, recreation facilities, and transportation services. The retirement residence may accommodate food preparation in independent units or meal service in one or more common areas. Retirement residences with more than 50 living units may include additional health care supervision or nursing care, provided that the number of beds for such residences shall not exceed 25% of the total number of individual living units. Typical uses include continuing care retirement centers.