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For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:

A. “Family” means one or more persons occupying a premises and living as a single nonprofit housekeeping unit. A family shall be deemed to include necessary servants.

B. “Multiple dwelling structure” means any structure, facility or premises designed for occupation by more than one family, with each such family living independently of each other in a room or suite of rooms separated by a common wall or floor. Each such room or suite of rooms shall constitute a habitation unit. “Multiple dwelling structure” includes condominiums, apartment houses, duplexes and similar structures. “Multiple dwelling structure” excludes hotels, motels, boardinghouses, rest homes and similar facilities designed for temporary occupancy.

C. “Person” means any person, firm, association, partnership, corporation, whether public or private, or any other local entity.

D. “Single-family residence” means any detached structure designed for occupation by one family. “Single-family residence” includes mobile home spaces designed to be used for parking a mobile home on a temporary, semipermanent or permanent basis. (Ord. 151 § 2, 1978)