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(Adj ourned Session of the 1983 Annual Town Meeting - April 6, 1983.) 2,2 3 Article 14. (Motion of the Accessory Apartment Committee dated March 30, 1983 (Cont.) as filed with the Town Clerk on April 4, 1983: (Cont.) b. deleting the following existing definitions from Section 2: DWELLING CONVERSION DWELLING, ONE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT FLOOR AREA FAMILY PARKING SPACE and inserting the following new definitions in Section 2 in the proper alphabetical sequence: ACCESSORY APARTMENT: A second dwelling unit located within a structure constructed as a detached one family dwelling, sub- ordinate in size to the principal unit and separated from it in a manner that maintains the appearance of the structure as a single family house. BEDROOM: A private room, however named, planned, intended or used for sleeping, and separated from other rooms by walls and a door. CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY: The certificate issued by the Building Commissioner which permits the use of a building in accordance with approved plans and in compliance with the Zoning By -Law. DWELLING: A structure, or part of a structure, which: 1) is designed or used primarily for human habitation; 2) contains one or more dwelling units; and 3) is capable of separate ownership. DWELLING, ONE FAMILY DETACHED: A dwelling which is designed for and occupied by not more than one family and surrounded by open space or yards and which is not attached to any other dwelling by any means. DWELLING UNIT: One or more rooms, designed, occupied or intended for occupancy as separate living quarters, with cooking, sleeping and sanitary facilities provided within the dwelling unit for the exclusive use of a single family maintaining a household. FAMILY: An individual, or two or more persons related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together as a single housekeeping unit and occupying one dwelling unit; or a group of individuals, not so related, but living together as a single housekeeping unit. For purposes of controlling residential density, not more than four unrelated individuals shall constitute a family. FLOOR AREA, GROSS: The sum, in square feet, of the horizontal areas of all floors of a building or several buildings on the same lot measured from the exterior face of exterior walls, or from the center line of a party wall separating two buildings. Where the text of this By -Law refers to floor area, the term shall mean gross floor area unless the term net floor area is used. FLOOR AREA, NET: The sum, in square feet of the occupiable or habitable area in a building, which shall be determined by ex- cluding the following from calculation of gross floor area: a. areas used for parking or loading b. areas devoted exclusively to the operation and maintenance of a building, irrespective of its occupants, such as heating, ventilating and cooling equipment, electrical and telephone facilities, fuel storage, elevator machinery or mechanical equipment C. the thickness of load bearing walls, at each floor d. elevator shafts and common stairways, and common hallways at each floor e. porches, balconies, fire escapes which are unroofed.