Zoning Ordinance

than 10 feet in width, and the seating area shall not take more than half the width of the sidewalk or 5 feet whichever is the maximum.

DISTRICT: Any section or sections of Athens, Tennessee, for which the regulations governing the use of land and the use, density, bulk, height, and coverage of buildings and other structures are uniform.

DWELLING: A building or portion thereof, exclusive of mobile homes as herein defined, used for residential purposes. A mobile home, which complies with the building code, shall be considered a dwelling.

DWELLING, MULTIPLE: An attached building designed for occupancy by two or more families living independently of each other.

DWELLING, ROW: One of a series of three or more attached dwelling units under a common roof with a common exterior wall and separated from one another by continual vertical party walls without openings from basement to roof.

DWELLING, SINGLE FAMILY: A detached building designed to be occupied exclusively by one family.

DWELLING, TWO FAMILY: A building designed for or intended to be occupied by not over two families. This shall include both duplex (one dwelling unit above another) and semi-detached (two dwelling units having a common vertical party wall).

DWELLING UNIT: A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.

DWELLING UNIT, ATTACHED: Two or more dwelling units within a structure, same as two- family dwelling.

DWELLING UNIT, DETACHED: No more than one dwelling unit within a structure.

FAMILY: Two or more persons, regardless of sex, related to each other by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit; or a group of not more than three (3) persons who need not be related by blood, marriage, or legal adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit and occupying a single dwelling unit.

FAMILY CARE FACILITY: A facility, classified as a “single family residence,” which includes any home in which eight (8) or fewer unrelated mentally handicapped or physically handicapped persons reside, and which may include three (3) additional persons acting as houseparent’s or guardians, who need not be related to each other or to any of the mentally handicapped or physically handicapped persons residing in the home. Tennessee Code Annotated §13-24-102. As used in this part, “ mentally handicapped” does not include persons who are mentally ill, and because of such mental illness, pose a likelihood of serious harm as defined in

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