The operative definition is the local one. Codes routinely subdivide a category into tiers — “day care 2, family”, “group home 2” — and attach different permissions to each, so only Mammoth Lakes’s own text settles what this covers.
that does not have a wall or roof in common with another structure. ** Detached living area ** means a detached accessory structure to a single-family dwelling, accommodating living or sleeping quarters, but without a kitchen or cooking facilities.
Read it in the chapter →similar supporting structures as required by the California Building Standards Code. ### c. Detached living areas Detached living areas include bedrooms, recreation rooms, home offices, and similar habitable areas, in any area where single-family dwellings are allowed
Read it in the chapter →