DWELLING

A building or portion thereof which is designed for and/or occupied in whole or in part as a residence for one (1) or more dwelling units, not including hotels, boarding or rooming houses, institutional homes or residence clubs.  The following are specific structural types of "dwellings":

(1)    Single Family Detached Dwelling - A residential building containing one (1) dwelling unit only, which is located on an individual lot with yards on all sides.

(2)    SINGLE-FAMILY ATTACHED DWELLING - A detached building, on a lot, containing two (2) side-by-side dwelling units.  The wall attaching the units is on a side property line.

(3)    TWO- FAMILY DWELLING (DUPLEX) - A building, on a lot, designed as a residence, containing two (2) dwelling units. 

(4)    TRIPLEX DWELLING - A residential building designed exclusively for occupancy by three (3) families living independently of each other, containing three (3) dwelling units.

(5)    QUADPLEX DWELLING - A residential building designed exclusively for occupancy by four (4) families living independently of each other, containing four (4) dwelling units. 

(6)    TOWNHOUSE DWELLING - A residential building containing three (3) to five (5) dwelling units connected by a party wall or walls.  Each dwelling unit has a separate entrance directly to the outside and is at least two (2) stories but no more than three (3) stories high, with the first floor and all stories directly above it part of the same dwelling unit.

(7)    APARTMENT DWELLING - A residential building containing three (3) or more dwelling units, having access to the outside by way of a common entrance or entrances and a common interior hallway.  Individual dwelling units in the same structure may have party walls on two (2) sides.

(8)    ATTACHED DWELLING - Two or more dwellings within the same structure.

(9)    DETACHED DWELLING - No more than one (1) dwelling within a structure.

(10)   MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING - A building containing two or more individual dwelling units.