APPENDIX D - Extracts from Zoning By-law 8600

SECTION 3 – DEFINITIONS

3.10 DEFINITIONS

BUILDING means a structure, consisting of a wall, roof and floor, or any one or more of them, or a structural system serving the function thereof, including all the works, fixtures and service systems appurtenant thereto, but does not include the following: access area, collector aisle, driveway, parking aisle or parking space not in a parking garage; fence; patio; sign as defined by the Windsor Sign By-law.

ACCESSORY BUILDING means a completely detached building used for an accessory use of the lot, for one dwelling unit where permitted by Section 5.99.80, or for any combination thereof.

MAIN BUILDING means a building used for the main use of the lot and may also include in combination therewith an accessory use subject to any applicable provisions for an accessory use.

DWELLING means a building or structure that is occupied for the purpose of human habitation. A correctional institution, hotel, motor home, recreational vehicle, tent, tent trailer, or travel trailer is not a dwelling.

LODGING HOUSE means a dwelling in which a minimum of four persons, not including staff, are provided with lodging for hire, with or without meals.

A correctional institution, fraternity or sorority house, group home, hospital, hotel, private home day care, religious residence or residential care facility is not a lodging house.

RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY means a dwelling that is:

  1. For the accommodation of eleven or more persons, exclusive of staff;

  2. For persons requiring supervised or assisted living arrangements; and

  3. Licensed or funded by the federal, provincial or municipal government.

A correctional institution, group home, hospital, hotel, lodging house, multiple dwelling or religious residence is not a residential care facility.

MULTIPLE DWELLING means one dwelling containing a minimum of three dwelling units. A double duplex dwelling, semi-detached dwelling, stacked dwelling, or townhome dwelling is not a multiple dwelling.

DWELLING UNIT means a unit that consists of a self-contained set of rooms located in a building or structure, that is used or intended for use as residential premises, and that contains kitchen and bathroom facilities that are intended for the use of the unit only.

STRUCTURE means anything, including any component part, that is erected, built or constructed and affixed to or supported by the ground.