Zoning Dictionary

Letter: D

Dwelling, Duplex

The whole of a two storey building divided horizontally into two separate dwelling units, each of which has an independent entrance either directly or through a common vestibule. A building that is divided horizontally into two dwelling units each of which has an independent entrance either directly or through a common vestibule. A separate building […]

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Dwelling, Fourplex

A separate building containing only four dwelling units which are divided vertically into four parts, two perpendicular walls with each unit having direct access to the ground floor and used by not more than four families. Two duplex buildings attached vertically by a common wall extending from the base of the foundation to the roof […]

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Dwelling, Guest

Shall mean living quarters within an accessory building for use exclusively by temporary, nonpaying guests of the resident family, not to exceed five (5) in number, such quarters having no cooking facilities or kitchen.

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Dwelling, High-rise Apartment

An apartment building more than three stories high and having a population density of not more than one hundred and forty persons per gross acre.

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Dwelling, Linked

One of a pair of single detached dwellings which have no apparent structural connection above grade, but which are horizontally coupled at the footing or foundation along not more than one side of each such dwelling house, provided that for a horizontal distance of not more than 1.5 metres (5 feet) of its length, each […]

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Dwelling, Linked Group

One of a group, containing more than two but not more than twelve single detached dwellings, which have no apparent structural connection above grade, but which are horizontally coupled at the footing or foundation along not more than two sides of each such dwelling house, provided that for a horizontal distance of not more than […]

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Dwelling, Maisonette

A building that is divided into three or more dwelling units, each of which has two (2) independent entrances, one to a common corridor and the other directly to the outside yard area adjacent to the said dwelling unit. A building that is divided vertically into more than three and not more than 16 dwelling […]

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Dwelling, Mobile Home

A detached residential dwelling unit designed for transportation after fabrication on streets or highways on its own wheels or on flatbed or other trailers, and arriving at the site where it is to be occupied as a dwelling complete and ready for occupancy except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, location on jacks […]

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Dwelling, Modular

A prefabricated single detached dwelling being so constructed or assembled that the shortest side of such dwelling is not less than six metres in width.

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Dwelling, Multiple Family

A residential building designed for or occupied by three or more families, with the number of families in residence not exceeding the number of dwelling units provided.

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