Zoning Dictionary

Category: Residential Uses

Pre-Fabricated Home

A building which is capable of being occupied exclusively as a dwelling and which is comprised of pre-fabricated components which are manufactured off-site, transported and erected on a lot.

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Rectory

A building used as a residence, operated as a single housekeeping unit, solely by and for a group of men who have been ordained as priests or who have professed vows in a religious order and who live together as a community under the direction of a resident pastor or superior, without more than two […]

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Residential Care Facility

A family home, group care facility, or similar facility for 24 hour non-medical care of persons in need of personal services, supervision or assistance essential for sustaining the activities of daily living or for the protection of the individual.

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Residential Infilling

The location of a single detached dwelling on a vacant lot bounded on both sides by lots with existing non-farm dwellings along the same side of an improved public road, the boundaries of which are not more than three hundred feet apart.

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Residential Office/Professional Office

An office in a dwelling which is used to carry out the administrative duties of a business that performs services off the premises. A room or rooms where business may be transacted, a service performed or consultation given but shall not include the manufacturing of any product.

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Residential Shelter

A single detached dwelling used for the purpose of a temporary residence providing emergency and support services for persons leaving physically, psychologically and sexually abusive relationships.

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Residential Use

The use of a building or structure or parts thereof as a dwelling. The use of land, buildings or structure for human habitation.

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Retirement Community

Any age-restricted development, developed, designed for and marketed to adults at or near retirement age, which may be in any housing form including detached and attached dwelling units, apartments and residences, offering private and semiprivate rooms. A planned residential development that provides social and recreational activities for use by its inhabitants, such facilities and forms […]

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Retirement Lodge or Retirement Home

A residence providing accommodation primarily for retired persons or couples where each private bedroom or living unit has a separate private bathroom and separate entrance from a common hall but where common facilities for the preparation and consumption of food are provided, and common lounges, recreation rooms and medical care facilities may also be provided.

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Roomers or Boarders

Persons who rent living accommodation, without separate cooking facilities, for a term of not less than one week, within the dwelling unit of a family. A person other than the lessee, tenant, owner or person related thereto to whom lodging is provided for compensation.

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