Zoning Dictionary

Letter: A

Accessory Apartment

A second dwelling unit either in or added to an existing single-family detached dwelling, or in a separate accessory structure on the same lot as the main dwelling, for use as a complete, independent living facility with provision within the accessory apartment for cooking, eating, sanitation, and sleeping. Such a dwelling is an accessory use […]

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Accessory Building

A detached building located on the same lot as an existing building, the use of which is incidental or secondary to that of the main building and which is not used for human habitation and includes a private garage or implement shed. A building which is an adjunct or accompaniment to the main building. A […]

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Accessory Dwelling Unit

Means an attached or detached residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent living facilities for one or more persons and is located on a lot with a proposed or existing primary residence.

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Accessory Dwelling Unit, Junior (JADU)

Means a residential dwelling unit that is no more than five hundred square feet in size and is contained entirely within a single-detached residence, not including the garage. A JADU shall include an efficiency kitchen, and may include separate bathroom facilities or share bathroom facilities with the single-family residence.

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Accessory Home Use (see also ‘Home Occupation’)

An occupation or profession which is clearly incidental to the use of a dwelling unit for residential purposes, or to the residential use of a lot occupied by a dwelling.

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Accessory Living Quarters

Shall mean living quarters on the same building site as a dwelling, designed or used for housing servants or guests, having no kitchen facilities and not rented or otherwise used as a separate dwelling.

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Accessory Office Use

A business or professional office which is an accessory use and which occupies less than fifty percent of the gross floor area of the premises with which it is associated.

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Accessory Open Storage Use

The storage of goods or things customarily associated with a commercial, industrial or a public utility use when such storage is not contained within a building.

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Accommodation for Older People (3 forms)

Sheltered accommodation: self-contained residential accommodation specifically designed and managed for older people in need of no or a low level of support. Each household has self-contained accommodation and the schemes normally include additional communal facilities such as a residents lounge. A warden, scheme manager, community alarm/telecare or house manager interacts with residents on a regular […]

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Accommodation Units

Any room or group of rooms designed to provide accommodation to the travelling or recreational public including a room in a hotel, motel, resort or tourist establishment, a rental cottage or cabin or a tent or a trailer site. A room or suite of rooms used or maintained as part of a tourist resort for […]

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