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<br /> <br /> Page 1 <br />All definitions as they relate to anything about residential have been removed for further <br />study. <br />Sec. 30-1. - Definitions. <br />The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings <br />ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: <br />Access means a means of vehicular or pedestrian approach, entry to, or exit from property. <br />Accessory dwelling unit means a permanent residential dwelling unit, but not a mobile home, located on the same <br />lot as a single-family dwelling unit, either within the same building as the single-family dwelling unit or in an accessory <br />building, provided: <br />a. Not more than one accessory dwelling unit shall be allowed on a single-family detached lot; <br />b. An accessory dwelling unit may be permitted within a principal single family dwelling unit or in a detached <br />accessory structure; <br />c. An accessory dwelling unit shall require a building permit that may only be applied for concurrently with the <br />application for a building permit for construction of the principal single family dwelling unit on the lot or after the <br />construction of the principal structure; <br />d. A detached accessory dwelling unit shall be counted towards the total number of allowed accessory structures <br />on a parcel; <br />e. A rental license for the accessory dwelling unit is obtained pursuant to chapter 30, article III, division 3 of <br />the City Code; <br />f. An accessory dwelling unit shall be clearly a subordinate part of the principal single family dwelling unit on <br />the lot and the living area shall not be more than 1,000 square feet, nor less than 250 square feet in size; <br />g. No more than two sleeping rooms shall be allowed in an accessory dwelling unit; <br />h. The entrance to an accessory dwelling unit shall not be in the front yard of the principal single family dwelling <br />unit; <br />i. In the A-1 and R-1a districts, and on lots greater than 2½ acres in the R-1b, R-1c, R-1d, R1e, and <br />residential PUD districts, detached accessory dwelling units may be finished with wood, vinyl lap siding, metal siding, <br />metal panels, and/or masonry. On lots less than 2½ acres in the R-1b, R-1c, R-1d, R-1e and residential PUD <br />districts, detached accessory dwelling units may be finished with wood, vinyl lap siding, metal siding, and/or masonry; <br />j. Accessory dwelling units in combination with their associated principal single family dwelling unit must <br />conform to all City Code requirements for single family dwellings, including but not limited to setback, height, <br />impervious surface, and accessory structure standards; <br />k. In addition to the parking required for the principal single family dwelling unit on the lot, there shall be one <br />off-street parking space provided on an approved surface for the accessory dwelling unit; <br />l. The property owner must reside in the principal single family dwelling unit or in the accessory dwelling unit; <br />m. An accessory dwelling unit must be on the same parcel of property as the principal single family dwelling unit. <br />A property may not be subdivided or otherwise segregated to provide separate ownership of an accessory dwelling unit; <br />n. The principal single family dwelling unit and accessory dwelling unit shall have one postal address;