Definition: residence, or residential (General Definition)
A "residence" is one or more dwelling units or rooming units , including common spaces such as hallways, lobbies, stairways, laundry facilities, recreation areas or storage areas. A residence may, for example, consist of one-family or two-family houses, multiple dwellings, boarding or rooming houses, or apartment hotels . However, residences do not include: (a) such transient accommodations as transient hotels , motels or tourist cabins , or trailer camps ; (b) non-profit hospital staff dwellings ; or (c) student dormitories, fraternity or sorority student houses, monasteries or convents, long-term care facilities , or other living or sleeping accommodations in community facility buildings or portions of buildings used for community facility uses . "Residential" means pertaining to a residence .