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1 * <br />Ordinance Suggestions <br />1. Improve definitions. <br />Dwelling Unit; A single residential unit providing complete, <br />independent living facilities for one or more persons, including <br />permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and <br />sanitation. (Exactly per State Building Code) <br />Apartment; A separate dwelling unit in a building containing <br />two or more attached dwelling units where access to each unit <br />is gained from an interior corridor. <br />Townhouse; A separate dwelling unit attached by party-wall to <br />one or more other dwelling units where each unit has separate <br />access direct from the exterior. Townhouse units may be located <br />on one (;individed lot or on separate lots under individual owner­ <br />ship. <br />Duplex; A building located on one undivided lot containing two <br />attached dwelling units each having separate access direct from <br />the exterior. <br />Dwelling, Detached; A single dwelling unit completely surrounded <br />on the same lot by open yard space. <br />Condominium; An arrangement wherein real estate is divided as <br />to ownership, portions of which are designated for separate <br />ownership and the remainder of which is designated for undivided <br />common ownership solely by the owners of the individual portions. <br />(see Minnesota Statutes 515 et. seq^ <br />J <br />In-Law Apartment; A portion of a single faunily dwelling having <br />facilities that constitute a separate dwelling unit, but where <br />primary access is gained solely from within the principle <br />dwelling unit. Where such ar. apartment has separate exterior <br />access, three or more bedrooms, or encompasses more than 600 sq. ft., <br />it shall be defined and regulated os an attached guest house <br />or as a duplex. <br />Guest House, Attached; A separate dwelling unit attached to a <br />single family dwelling on an undivided lot intended £( t the sole <br />use of the occupants of the principle dwelling unit, tlic-ir <br />domestic employees, or their non-paying guests. An attached <br />guest house shall not be used as rental property unless the <br />building and property also conforms to all zoning reouirements <br />for duplexes. <br />-2-