Alexandria

Child care home. A dwelling unit which offers care, protection and supervision to no more than a total of nine children at a time under 12 years of age during any 24-hour period and then only for part of the 24-hour day.

A dwelling unit which offers care, protection and supervision to no more than a total of nine children at a time under 12 years of age during any 24-hour period and then only for part of the 24-hour day.

Continuum of care facility. A facility specifically designed for domiciliary use and/or care of four or more aged, infirm, or disabled adults, which may provide for housing progressing from independent living, with or without kitchen facilities, and culminating in assisted living with or without provisions for memory care services, where all related uses are located on the same lot.

A facility specifically designed for domiciliary use and/or care of four or more aged, infirm, or disabled adults, which may provide for housing progressing from independent living, with or without kitchen facilities, and culminating in assisted living with or without provisions for memory care services, where all related uses are located on the same lot.

Dwelling, accessory. A building or portion thereof containing one dwelling unit that is subordinate to a principal residential use. An accessory dwelling shall be considered an accessory use.

Dwelling, accessory. A building or portion thereof containing one dwelling unit that is subordinate to a principal residential use. An accessory dwelling shall be considered an accessory use.

An accessory dwelling shall be considered an accessory use. A use which is clearly subordinate to and serves a permitted principal use.

Dwelling, auxiliary. A portion of a commercial building containing up to four dwelling units located on a ground floor or floors above or below retail or commercial uses.

Dwelling, co-living. A portion of a building containing five or six private living spaces, a shared kitchen, as defined by the Uniform Statewide Building Code, and other communal areas. Each private living space must include a bedroom but may or may not include a private bathroom. Cooking facilities, specifically a stove or oven, shall not be provided within a private living space.

Dwelling, multi-unit. A building or portion thereof containing three or more dwelling units, located on a single lot or parcel of ground.

Dwelling, townhouse. One of a series of three or more attached dwelling units separated from one another by continuous vertical walls without openings from basement to roof or roofs.

Dwelling, two-unit. A detached building containing two dwelling units. This use shall include both duplex (one dwelling unit above another in a single detached building) and semi-detached (two dwelling units having common vertical walls) dwellings. In the case of a semi-detached dwelling, no less than 50 percent of the common wall of one of the two dwelling units shall be opposite the common wall of the other.

Dwelling unit. One or more rooms used for living and sleeping purposes containing no more than one kitchen and at least one bathroom as these terms are defined by the Uniform Statewide Building Code.

Elder care home. A dwelling unit which offers care, protection and supervision to no more than a total of nine adults over 55 years of age at any time during a 24-hour period and then only for part of the 24-hour day.

A dwelling unit which offers care, protection and supervision to no more than a total of nine adults over 55 years of age at any time during a 24-hour period and then only for part of the 24-hour day.

Enhanced transit area. An area with access to high capacity transit service, as depicted on the enhanced transit area map dated December 18, 2017 and as amended December 16, 2023, which is kept on file in the office of the city clerk.

Floor area with a ceiling height 15 feet or greater shall be counted twice. Floor area with a ceiling height 25 feet or greater shall be counted three times.

Lavatories of which only a maximum of 50 square feet of each lavatory can be excluded. The maximum total of excludable area for lavatories shall be no greater than of ten percent of gross floor area.

Loading spaces of which only a maximum of 850 square feet for each required loading space per section 8-200(B)(2) can be excluded.

Any floor area that was used as a private or public garage prior to March 17, 2018 with a height of less than seven feet six inches.