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Single Family Residential Regulations  Page 1 of 18  <br />  <br />Section 4: Definitions  <br />Cottage/Patio Home <br />The Cottage or Patio Home building type consists of small, one and two-story single-family <br />detached residential units that are built close to the street and each other. They are typically <br />sideyard/zero lot line homes with a small yard or patio space. This type of building enables <br />appropriate infill residential within existing neighborhoods and is important for providing a <br />broad choice of housing types and promoting walkability. <br /> <br /> Image of a Patio Home <br /> <br />Cottage Court <br />The Cottage Court building type consists of a series of small, detached structures, providing <br />multiple units arranged to define a shared court that is typically perpendicular to the street. <br />The shared court takes the place of a private rear yard and becomes an important <br />community-enhancing element. This type is appropriately-scaled to fit as transitions between <br />single-family neighborhoods and commercial corridors. It enables appropriately-scaled, well- <br />designed infill residential and is important for providing a broad choice of housing types and <br />promoting walkability. <br /> <br /> Image of a Cottage Court <br />Group Home <br />A home or structure and houses a group of more than four (4) persons, some or all of whom <br />are not related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together and maintaining a common <br />household. <br />J-Swing Garage <br />A home with a driveway that loads from the primary street and swings into the side of the <br />home to enter the garage. Two of these homes side-by-side, should share a driveway or a <br />curb-cut to driveways and have garages facing each other.