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Housing Unit Types <br />For the purposes of school impact fee analysis and calculations, the fallowing housing <br />type categories were used. A brief description of each housing category is provided. <br />Single Family Detached: a detached building [orated on a single lot containing one <br />dwelling unit. in situations where an accessory dwelling unit (i.e., a "mother-in-law <br />sullen or "granny flat"} is located on the same lot, the principal dwelling is categorized as <br />a Single Family Detached dwelling. <br />Examples of single family detached dwellings are site-built houses and modular houses. <br />Single Family Attached: a group of dwelling units which share a common floor-to- <br />ceiling wail .or share the wall of an attached garage or porch with an adjacent dwelling <br />and in which all units have a ground floor living space. Units are individually awned or <br />intended to be individually owned after initial safes are~compiete. <br />Exampies~of single family attached dwellings are duplexes, triplexes, townhouses, row <br />houses, and condominiums in which ail units have aground-floor living space. <br />Multifamily: a group of dwelling units which share a common floor to-railing wail with <br />ari adjacent dwelling. All units may not have a ground filoor living space. Units may be <br />individually owned (as is the case with condominiums) or may be owned by one entity <br />and rented/leased to tenants. Also included in this category are dwelling units located <br />above ground-floor non-residential (i.e., retail or office) uses. In situations where an <br />accessory dwelling unit (i.e., a mother-in-law suite, granny flat, or efl:tciency apartment} <br />is located on the.same lot as a principal dwelling, the accessory dwelling unit is <br />categorized as a multifamily dwelling provided the accessory dwelling unit is <br />categorized as such by the local zoning code (i.e., less than 750-800 square feet, <br />•depending on fine speci€ics of the local code). <br />Examples of multifamily dwellings include apartments, condominiums in a multi-story <br />building in which all units do not have aground-floor living space, mother-in-law suites <br />and granny fiats located on a lot containing a separate principal dwelling, and dwellings <br />located above non-residential uses. <br />Manufactured home: a dwelling built in a factory in accordance with the federal <br />Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards, commonly referred to as the <br />'HUD` Cade. <br />Examples of manufactured homes are single-wide, double-wide, and triple-wide <br />"mobile" homes. <br />