§ 18.08.260. Dwelling unit.

A.

"Dwelling unit" means a room or connected rooms constituting a separate, independent housekeeping establishment for owner occupancy or rental or lease for a period of thirty days or longer, physically separated from other rooms or dwelling units in the same structure, and containing independent cooking and sleeping facilities.

B.

"Dwelling unit" does not include those commercial timeshare or vacation ownership arrangements as more specifically defined in Section 11212 of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code, including a dwelling unit owned by a corporation or club, including arrangements commonly referred to as corporate club memberships, private residence clubs, vacation home partnerships, vacation clubs, destination clubs, or condohotels, and used by individual shareholders or members by advance reservation or arrangement for a period of less than thirty consecutive days, and also does not include arrangements involving a parcel of real property with more than twelve fee owners per legal dwelling unit where any fee owner is entitled to exclusive occupancy of the dwelling unit or units for a period of less than thirty days in a given calendar year.

(Ord. No. 1332, § 1, 12-15-2009, eff. 12-1-2010; Ord. No. 1332, § 1, 12-15-2009; Ord. 759 § 9, 1983: Ord. 511 § 1 (part), 1976: prior code § 12017)