Section 17.04.030

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"Multifamily dwellings" (land use) mean and include: (1) a building or a portion of a building used and/or designed as residences for two or more families living independently of each other; or (2) two or more detached single-family dwellings on a single lot where all of the single-family dwellings and the lot are under common ownership, provided that one of the units is not an accessory or junior accessory dwelling unit. Includes halfplex structures (a halfplex is a single dwelling unit that is half of a two-unit building where a property line separates the two units), duplexes, triplexes, and fourplexes (detached buildings under one ownership with two, three or four dwelling units (respectively) in the same building) and apartments (five or more units under one ownership in a single building); attached unit projects such as condominiums and townhouses; studio and efficiency apartments; cottage housing development; cohousing; and boarding and rooming houses (see "Boarding and rooming house"). Multifamily dwellings can provide a compatible transition between lower-density residential neighborhoods and high-density urban centers.