18.200.020 Residential use classifications.
Residential Housing Types.
Single-Unit Dwelling, Detached. A dwelling unit that is designed for occupancy by a single household, located on a separate lot from any other dwelling unit (except a second dwelling unit where permitted), and not attached to another dwelling unit on an abutting lot. This classification includes individual manufactured housing units.
Single-Unit Dwelling, Attached. A dwelling unit that is designed for occupancy by a single household located on a separate lot from any other unit (except a second dwelling unit, where permitted), and is attached through common vertical walls to one or more dwellings on abutting lots. An attached single-unit dwelling is sometimes called a “townhouse.”
Guest Quarters. A dwelling unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons that is located on a lot with another primary, single-unit dwelling. A second unit may be within the same structure as the primary unit, in an attached structure, or in a separate structure on the same lot. This use is accessory to a single-family home and distinguished from a duplex. Guest quarters shall not be leased, rented, or sublet from the primary residence on the same lot.
Duplex. A single building on a separate lot that contains two dwelling units or two single-unit dwellings on a single lot. This use is distinguished from a second dwelling unit, which is an accessory residential unit.
Multiple Unit Dwelling. Three or more dwelling units within a single building or within two or more buildings on a site or lot. Types of multiple unit dwellings include garden apartments, senior housing developments, and multi-story apartment buildings. This classification also includes supportive and transitional housing in a multiple unit format. The classification is distinguished from group and residential care homes.
Senior and Long-Term Care. Establishments that provide 24-hour medical, convalescent or chronic care to individuals who, by reason of advanced age, chronic illness or infirmity, are unable to care for themselves, and are licensed under A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 4, et seq., including but not limited to rest homes, nursing homes, and convalescent hospitals, but not group and residential care homes, hospitals, or clinics.
Family Day Care. A day care facility licensed by the state of Arizona, that is located in a single-unit residence or other dwelling unit where a resident of the dwelling provides care and supervision for children under the age of 14 or under 18 years if the child has a developmental disability, for periods of less than 24 hours a day.
Small. A facility that provides care for five or fewer children, including children who reside at the home.
Large. A facility that provides care for more than five children, including children who reside at the home.
Mobile Home Parks/Recreation Vehicle Parks. A development designed and occupied by manufactured homes, including development with facilities and amenities used in common by occupants who rent, lease, or own spaces for mobile homes through a subdivision, cooperative, condominium or other form of resident ownership.
“Group home” means a residential dwelling unit shared as a primary residence by minors, disabled, handicapped or elderly persons, living together as a single housekeeping unit, in a long term, family-like environment in which staff persons provide on-site care, training, or support for the residents.
Supportive Housing. Dwelling units with no limit on length of stay that are occupied by the target population as defined in A.R.S. Title 36, and that are linked to on-site or off-site services that assist supportive housing residents in retaining the housing, improving their health status, and maximizing their ability to live and, where possible, work in the community. Supportive housing may be provided in a multiple unit structure. Facilities may operate as licensed or unlicensed facilities subject to applicable state requirements. This classification includes domestic violence shelters.
Transitional Housing. Dwelling units with a limited length of stay that are operated under a program requiring recirculation to another program recipient at some future point in time, including a supervised residential center for individuals who are completing a sentence and/or reside for a defined period of time for counseling, job placement assistance, and similar services that assist in transitioning from institutional to community living. Transitional housing may be designated for homeless or recently homeless individuals or families transitioning to permanent housing as defined in A.R.S. Title 36. Facilities may be linked to on-site or off-site supportive services designed to help residents gain skills needed to live independently. [Ord. 18-05 § 1; Res. 18-20; Ord. 14-12 § 1; Res. 14-36 Art. 601.]