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Demolition. The removal of 50 percent or more of the exterior walls of a building or structure or the relocation of a building from one parcel of land to another or the raising of an existing structure beyond what is required for a new foundation. The initial determination of demolition is made by the community development director.

Development Project. Any project which would, if carried out, establish or permit to be established any new or changed use of any real property, building, structure or sign.

Driveway, Residential. A way that is typically paved and provides direct access from a public or private street to an individual dwelling unit or to the garage or parking area for the residential unit.

Dwelling, Accessory. An attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence. It shall include permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation on the same parcel as that on which the single- or multifamily household dwelling is or will be situated and meeting the requirements of Section 7.030.

Dwelling, Attached. A building containing a single dwelling unit and having one or more walls in common with another such unit with each unit located on a separate lot.

Dwelling, Caretaker. A permanent residence that is secondary or accessory to the primary use of the property and used for housing a caretaker employed on the site of any nonresidential use where needed for security purposes.

Dwelling, Detached. A building designed for and/or occupied exclusively by one household that has no walls in common with any other structure or dwelling unit.

Dwelling, Group. A group of two or more detached dwellings located on one parcel of land in one ownership and meeting the requirements of Section 7.040. No more than three dwelling units shall be erected in a dwelling group. An accessory dwelling is not included as a dwelling for the purposes of a dwelling group.

Dwelling, Junior Accessory. A unit that is no more than 500 square feet in size and contained entirely within a single-family residence and meeting the requirements of Section 7.035. A junior accessory dwelling unit may include separate sanitation facilities, or may share sanitation facilities with the existing structure.

Dwelling, Multiple. A building designed or used exclusively as a residence including two or more separate dwelling units. This definition includes but is not limited to duplexes, triplexes, apartments, and condominiums under a common ownership.

Dwelling, Single Household. A freestanding building designed for and/or occupied by one household.

Dwelling Unit. A room or group of internally connected rooms that have sleeping, cooking, eating, and sanitation facilities, but not more than one kitchen, which constitute an independent housekeeping unit, occupied by or intended for one household on a long-term basis. (Ord. 2738 § 7, 2020; Ord. 2711 § 7, 2020.)