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3. Rented, leased or otherwise provided for use as a dwelling under any circumstances. <br />SECTION 10. Sec. 78-418 shall be amended by adding text to read as follows: <br />Sec 78-418 Conditional Uses <br />(2) Guest houses and non-rental guest apartments. <br />a. Guest houses, provided that: <br />1. The lot is at least two times the minimum lot area required by this section; and <br />2. The guest house is for the sole use of the occupants of the principle dwelling, <br />including their domestic employees and nonpaying guests. <br />3. The property owner must execute a covenant providing that the guest house will not <br />be: <br />a. Used for a home occupation unless specifically approved by the city or if allowed <br />by this Code. <br />b. Rented, leased, or otherwise provided for use as a dwelling under any other <br />circumstances than what is provided for in city code. <br />b. Guest apartments with exterior ingress and egress, provided that: <br />1. The application for a guest apartment adequately addresses the concerns of parking, <br />sewage treatment, exterior access method, and interior access method; <br />2. There is at least one access door to the apartment from inside the principal dwelling <br />and this door is the primary means of accessing the apartment; <br />3. The guest apartment does not have a separate address; <br />4. The guest apartment's utilities are not metered separately from the principal <br />dwelling; and <br />5. The guest apartment is for the sole use of the occupants of the principal dwelling, <br />including their domestic employees and nonpaying guests. <br />(6) Provision of a bathtub or shower in an accessory building. Approval shall be conditioned on provision of <br />municipal sanitary sewer or a conforming sewage treatment system designed to handle the anticipated flows <br />from the building plumbing. Approval shall be granted only when the following cri teria are met: <br /> a. The council finds that the proposed use of the accessory structure with a bathtub or shower will not be <br />detrimental to the residential character of the neighborhood. <br /> b. The council finds that the plumbing fixtures proposed are in keeping with the intended use of the <br />accessory building.