Title 9 — DEVELOPMENT TITLE›Chapter 3 — DEFINITIONS
Article I — RESIDENTIAL USE TYPES
Mountain House Zoning Code · 2026-06 edition · ingested 2026-07-06 · Mountain House
9-1-4-100 - General Description of Residential Use Types. ¶
Residential use types include the occupancy of living accommodations, but exclude those providing forced residence, such as asylums and prisons, and the Lodging Services use type.
(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)
9-1-4-105 - Family Residential. ¶
The Family Residential use type refers to the occupancy of living quarters by one (1) or more families. The following are the categories of the Family Residential use type:
(a)
Single-Family. The use of a parcel for only one (1) dwelling unit, not including a mobile home.
(b)
Two-Family. The use of a parcel for two (2) dwelling units in a single structure.
(c)
Small Multifamily. The use of a parcel for three (3) to nine (9) dwelling units within one (1) or more buildings.
(d)
Large Multifamily. The use of a parcel for ten (10) or more dwelling units within one (1) or more buildings.
(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)
9-1-4-110 - Farm Employee Housing. ¶
The following are the categories of the Farm Employee Housing use type:
(a)
Small Farm Employee Housing. Farm employee housing consisting of no more than thirty-six (36) beds in a group quarters used exclusively for farm employees, or twelve (12) units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household.
(b)
Large Farm Employee Housing. Farm employee housing consisting of thirty-seven (37) or more beds in a group quarters used exclusively for farm employees, or thirteen (13) or more units or spaces designed for use by a single family or household.
(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)
9-1-4-115 - Group Care. ¶
The Group Care use type refers to facilities authorized, certified, or licensed by the State of California to provide nonmedical care and supervision to adults or to dependent and neglected children. Excluded are uses classified under the Child Care Services use type. Typical uses include halfway houses, nursing homes, homes for the developmentally disabled or mentally disabled, homes for substance abusers, and adult day care facilities. The following are the categories of the Group Care use type:
(a)
Small. Group care facility for six (6) or fewer people.
(b)
Large. Group care facility providing twenty-four (24) hour a day care for seven (7) or more people.
(c)
Adult Day Care. Group care facility providing less than twenty-four (24) hour a day care for seven (7) or less people.
(d)
Farm-Related. Group care facility on a farm, ranch, or camp setting wherein a bona fide commercial agricultural enterprise, animal husbandry, or farm-related vocational educational program, along with skills
training and outdoor-oriented personal fitness training, are substantial elements of the program provided, and where the density for the facility is three (3) full-time residents for each five (5) acres.
(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)
9-1-4-120 - Group Residential. ¶
The Group Residential use type refers to the occupancy of a dwelling unit with a common kitchen facility by a group of unrelated persons on a weekly or longer basis. Typical uses include boarding houses, sorority houses, and retirement homes.
(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)
9-1-4-125 - Mobile Home Park. ¶
The Mobile Home Park use type refers to a site accommodating two (2) or more mobile homes which are not used to provide employee housing.
(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)
9-1-4-135 - Emergency Shelters. ¶
The Emergency Shelters use type refers to housing with minimal supportive services for homeless persons that is limited to occupancy of six (6) months or less by a homeless person.
(a)
Small. Shelters for up to two (2) families or not more than five (5) adults.
(b)
Large. Shelters for not more than forty (40) beds.
(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)
9-1-4-140 - Single-Room Occupancy. ¶
The Single-Room Occupancy (SRO) use type refers to any building containing five (5) or more guest rooms or units intended or designed to be used or occupied for sleeping purposes by residents, which is also the primary residence of those residents. The individual units may or may not lack either cooking facilities or individual sanitary facilities, or both. However, for purposes of this definition, an SRO facility does not include residential care homes, senior housing projects, rooming and boarding houses, hotels and motels, bed and breakfast lodging, extended care facilities, or hospitals.
(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)
9-1-4-150 - Veterans Supportive Housing. ¶
The Veterans Supportive Housing use type refers to long-term, supportive and affordable housing for veterans and their families to assist in regaining or maintaining independence. This use type has specific locational criteria and development requirements in the Public Facilities (P-F) zone.
(Ord. 2024-18, § 1(Exh. A), 2024)