2014-72 AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE - SECTION II. DEFINITIONS

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ORDINANCE NO. 2014-72 ORDINANCE AMENDING ZONING ORDINANCE - SECTION II. DEFINITIONS - WHEREAS, on the 4th day of December, 2014 upon due notice, the Decatur City Plan Commission held a public hearing on the petition of Billy Typs, Assistant City Manager,to modify and amend the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Decatur, the same being Ordinance No. 3512, as amended, by amending Section Il. DEFINITIONS thereof at the definitions of Boarding or Lodging House and Family thereof, so that said Section II as modified and amended shall provide as set forth below and shall provide as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and hereby made a part hereof. SECTION II. DEFINITIONS BOARDING OR LODGING HOUSE: A building other than a hotel where, for individual compensation and by arrangement for rooms designed for sleeping, lodging or lodging and meals are provided for three (3) or more persons. This includes multi-room structures where individuals pay for a bedroom and common living areas. FAMILY: Either: (a) Two or more persons, all of whom are related to each other by blood, marriage, or adoption, together with usual domestic servants and not more than one boarder or lodger, all living together as a single housekeeping unit and using common kitchen facilities; or(b) Eight or fewer persons, any or all of whom are not related to each of the others by blood, marriage, or adoption, all living together as a single housekeeping unit and using common kitchen facilities. For purposes of this Zoning Ordinance, however, an unrelated family shall not include persons living together in a Residential Care facility, Intermediate or Long Term Care facility, Foster Home, Congregate Elderly Housing; or in a boarding or lodging house, club, convent, dormitory, fraternity, monastery, or sorority. WHEREAS, the Decatur City Plan Commission did report its Findings and did recommend that said petition be granted and that the Zoning Ordinance be so modified and amended.