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City Council Summary Memo — Work Session #3 — Zoning Ordinance Update —August 11, 2025 Dwelling, live -work. A dwelling unit in combination with a shop, office, studio, or other work space within the same unit, where the resident occupant both lives and works. A live -work unit is not synonymous with a home occupation because it is designed as a mixed -use facility, whereas the home occupation is secondary and accessory to the residential use. Dwelling, multi -unit. A residential structure containing three or more dwelling units designed for independent living, with shared hallways, main entrances, gathering spaces and exits; including but not limited to: triplexes, fourplexes, multiplexes, apartments, and condominiums. Dwelling, single -unit. A residential structure designed for one detached dwelling unit only, including individual manufactured homes outside of a manufactured home park. Dwelling, two -unit. A residential structure which contains two separate dwelling units on one lot (duplex). Dwelling, townhome. A dwelling unit attached to one or more similar dwelling units in a linear arrangement (rowhouse) or clustered. Each unit may be located on its own individual lot or on a common lot containing all of the attached units. Dwelling, twinhome. An attached dwelling unit designed for or occupied by two households where the units share at least one common wall and each unit is on its own lot. Dwelling unit. A portion of a building containing one or more rooms for providing complete, habitable, independent living facilities, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. Dwelling units may be joined to another dwelling unit at one or more sides by a party wall or walls (attached) or entirely surrounded by open space (detached). Manufactured home. A structure, transportable in one or more sections, which in the traveling mode is eight body feet or more in width and 40 body feet or more in length, or, when erected on site, is 320 or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, including plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein. The structure must comply with the Manufactured Home Building Code as defined by Minnesota Statutes (M.S.) § 327.31, subdivision 3, as it may be amended from time to time. Boarding House —This use is currently allowed conditionally in all residential districts, as well as in the Civic Center district. It is defined in the Arden Hills code as a structure with 3-5 individual sleeping rooms that share one or more kitchens and bathrooms. While this use was popular in America in the 19th century, numbers decreased in the first half of the 20th century. In light of increasing housing pressures, boarding houses have begun to make a comeback and some new zoning codes have modernized the definition and allow them in residential or mixed use areas. 4