Land use · Novato, California

single-family dwellings

How this ordinance defines it

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 Novato’s own text settles what this covers.

section 9-5 (definitions). 5. Primary Dwelling Unit (or "primary unit," "primary dwelling," "primary single-family dwelling ," "primary unit single-family dwelling," or "primary residence"). A permitted or otherwise legal single-family dwelling unit that is the main residential unit

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