Zoning Bylaw - Township of Esquimalt

"Dwelling Unit" means one or more habitable rooms used for the residentialaccommodation of one Family when such rooms contain or provide for the installation ofonly one (1) set of cooking facilities and one or more sets of sanitary facilities."Dwelling - Apartment" means a Building which contains three or more Dwelling Units witheach Dwelling Unit having its principal access from an entrance or hallway or exteriorwalkway common to the other Dwelling Units."Dwelling - Single Family" means any detached Building consisting of one Dwelling Unitcontaining only one kitchen with cooking facilities, which is occupied or intended to beoccupied as the Permanent Residence by one Family only."Dwelling - Townhouse" means a Building which contains three or more Dwelling Units,with each Dwelling Unit having its principal access from a separate exterior entrance."Dwelling - Two Family" means a detached Building consisting of two Dwelling Units."Entertainment" means a Commercial Use contained within a Building providingrecreational opportunities to the general public and specifically includes arcades, bowlingalleys, billiard and pool halls, roller rinks, dance halls, Theatres, and similar Uses, butspecifically excludes Adult Theatres.“Escort Service" means a business which:(1) introduces or offers to introduce a person to another person for the purpose ofproviding companionship for a short period of time; and(2) charges or otherwise imposes a fee each time that an introduction is made orcompanionship is provided."Exterior Side Lot Line" means a Side Lot Line (of a Corner Lot) which forms the boundaryon an abutting Highway."Family" means one or more persons related by blood, marriage, common law, adoption, orfoster parenthood; or not more than four (4) unrelated persons sharing one Dwelling Unit."Floor Area" when used in reference to a floor or a Storey or Building means the entireArea which in plan is enclosed by the interior face of the exterior walls of the Storey or floorlevel. Floor Area excludes balconies, open decks, unenclosed porches or verandas, andAccessory Buildings. In multiple family residential Buildings, Floor Area excludes the Areaof the floor or floors of any and all portions of the Building used or intended to be used forthe parking or movement of vehicles, mezzanines, corridors, hallways, landings, foyers,staircases, stairwells, and elevator shafts."Floor Area Ratio" means the figure obtained when the Floor Area of all floors (subject toSection 14) in all Buildings on a Parcel is divided by the Area of the Parcel.“Floating Home" means a house-like Structure built on a floatation system, intended forUse or being used or occupied as a Dwelling Unit and is not primarily intended for or usablein navigation.PART 1 - 4