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<br />Sec. 78‐1. Definitions.
<br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to
<br />them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning. Unless specifically defined in
<br />this section, the words and phrases used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in chapter 82.
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<br />Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) means a subordinate habitable dwelling unit, which has its own basic
<br />requirements of shelter, heating, cooking and sanitation, which is attached or detached from a single family
<br />dwelling.
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<br />Accessory use, building, or structure means a use, building, or structure subordinate to and serving the
<br />principal use or building on the same lot and customarily incidental to the principal use or building.
<br />Boardinghouse means a building other than a motel or hotel where, for compensation and by
<br />prearrangement for definite periods, meals or lodgings are provided for three or more persons, but not to exceed
<br />eight persons.
<br />Camp means a parcel of land with permanent buildings, tents or other structures together with
<br />appurtenances thereon, established or maintained as living quarters where both food and lodging or facilities
<br />therefore are provided for ten or more people, operated continuously for a period of five days or more each year
<br />for educational, recreational, or vacation purposes, and the use of the camp or participation in its programs are
<br />provided to adults and/or children free of charge or for payment of a fee. This definition does not include cabin
<br />and trailers camps, fishing and hunting camps, resorts, penal and correctional camps, industrial and construction
<br />camps, nor does it include homes operated for care or treatment of children and for the operation of which a
<br />license is required by state law or structures used as a dwelling.
<br />Dwelling, attached, means a dwelling which is joined to another dwelling at one or more sides by a party or
<br />fire wall or walls.
<br />Dwelling, detached, means a dwelling which is entirely surrounded by open space on the same lot.
<br />Family means any number of individuals generally, but not necessarily, related by blood or marriage, living
<br />together at one location maintaining a common household as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit, as
<br />distinguished from a group occupying a boardinghouse or rooming house, hotel or motel.
<br />Family dwelling, multiple, means any structure made up of two or more attached dwellings.
<br />Guest apartment means a room or a set of rooms within a principal residence structure for the sole use of
<br />the occupants of the principal residence, including their domestic employees or their nonpaying guests, with at
<br />least one access door to the apartment from within the principal structure, such door being the primary access to
<br />the apartment.
<br />Guest house means a subordinate habitable dwelling unit, which has its own basic requirements of shelter,
<br />heating, cooking and sanitation, which is detached from a single family dwelling.dwelling unit in a detached
<br />accessory building constructed on an existing undivided lot for the sole use of the occupants, including their
<br />domestic employees or their nonpaying guests, of the primary dwelling. For the purposes of this chapter, a guest
<br />house is considered a dwelling unit if it meets all of the requirements of a dwelling unit outlined in the Minnesota
<br />State Building Code, as amended from time to time. These requirements include complete independent living
<br />facilities with permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
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