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Chapter 19.04 EMC, Definitions Page 19 of 55 <br />The Everett Municipal Code is current through Ordinance 4031-24, passed May 22, 2024. <br />“Dormitory” means a building with sleeping accommodations, without in-room cooking <br />facilities, for residents affiliated with an educational, religious, or other institution. <br />“Dwelling, cottage housing” means small, detached dwelling units clustered around a central <br />common open space. <br />“Dwelling, multiple-family” means a building(s) or portion of a building arranged or designed to <br />be occupied by five or more families living independently of each other. <br />“Dwelling, one-unit” means a detached building designed for and occupied by only one <br />household, sharing no common walls with other dwelling units, except an accessory dwelling <br />unit (“ADU”). <br />“Dwelling, three- to four-unit” means a building designed for and occupied by three or four <br />households, living independently of each other in separate dwelling units. A three- to four-unit <br />dwelling may be attached by a common wall or walls or stacked in a manner that individual <br />dwelling units are located above or below other dwelling units. <br />“Dwelling, two-unit” means a building designed for and occupied by two households, living <br />independently of each other in separate dwelling units. A two-unit dwelling may be attached by <br />a common wall or walls or stacked in a manner that individual dwelling units are located above <br />or below other dwelling units. A two-unit dwelling does not include an accessory dwelling unit <br />(“ADU”) which may be permitted on a lot with a one-unit dwelling. <br />“Dwelling unit, accessory,” or “ADU,” means a dwelling unit which is subordinate to a permitted <br />principal dwelling unit located on the same lot. <br />“Dwelling unit, micro-housing” or “small efficiency dwelling unit” means a single, independent, <br />residential dwelling unit within a multifamily building of no less than 24 units and consisting of <br />one habitable room (excluding kitchen, bath, closets, storage areas, and built-ins). These units <br />have a living room floor area two hundred twenty square feet or less, or a total gross unit size <br />three hundred twenty square feet or less. <br />“Emergency housing” has the same meaning as RCW 36.70A.030(9): <br />“Emergency housing” means any facility that is constructed for the primary purpose of providing <br />temporary indoor accommodations for individuals or families who are homeless, or at imminent risk <br />of becoming homeless, that is intended to address the basic health, food, clothing, and personal