Zoning Dictionary

Category: Residential Uses

Domestic Art

An avocation that can be carried on at home, such as dressmaking or painting, which may provide remuneration, but does not include commercial photography.

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Dormitory

A building or part of a building operated by an institution and containing a room or rooms forming one or more habitable units which are used or intended to be used by residents of the institution for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes. A building used as a group living quarters […]

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Dwelling

A building or part of a building that may be used as a permanent residence excluding a mobile home, but including a factory-built home. A building, occupied or capable of being occupied as a home, residence or sleeping place by one or more persons, containing one or more dwelling units. A building or portion thereof […]

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Dwelling Duplex, Semi-detached

One of a pair of two attached duplex dwelling houses with a common party wall dividing the pair of duplex dwelling houses vertically.

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Dwelling Unit

One or more rooms that may be used as a residence each unit having sleeping, cooking and toilet facilities. One or more habitable rooms designed or intended for use by one or more individuals as an independent and separate housekeeping establishment in which separate kitchen and sanitary facilities are provided for the exclusive use of […]

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Dwelling Unit, Accessory

A separate dwelling unit which is contained in a building which was originally designed as a single family dwelling and continues to be occupied by the owner.

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Dwelling, Accessory

A use, separate building, or structure, which is usually incidental, subordinate, exclusively devoted to and located on the same lot as the principal use, building or structure but not including a building or structure which is used as a dwelling unless specifically permitted.

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Dwelling, Apartment

A separate building containing three or more dwelling units. A building consisting of five or more dwelling units, which units have a common entrance from the street level and the occupants of which have the right to use in common, halls and/or stairs and/or elevators and yards. A separate building containing three or more dwelling […]

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Dwelling, Converted

An existing building originally constructed as a detached dwelling unit, which may be used for more than one dwelling unit. A single family dwelling unit existing at the time of the passing of this By-law which because of size or design has been or can be converted by partition and the addition of sanitary facilities […]

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Dwelling, Double Duplex

A separate building containing only four dwelling units divided horizontally into two floors, with each floor containing only two dwelling units and used by not more than four families.

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