Name:   Crimson4Lif - Subject:   Building a guest house on property Date:   7/12/2023 5:01:49 PM

Really interested in what defines a single dwelling.  I am in the anchor bay area so all old lots are either tear downs or already been tore down and rebuilt.  So in our slu there was an old cabin and recently was demolished and a house rebuilt.  I kick myself for not checking into buying it.  Was vacant and run down for years. I was always told our lot could only have 1 dwelling.  We have a huge lot (about 1.7 acres) and a huge family so more than one house would work great for us but never persued it because of the rule.  This new house was built with a regular house and and has a shingle covered walkway from house to the "guest house".  I was told a dwelling was defined as a builiding that had only 1 kitchen and 1 common area.  So if you had 2 houses then 1 could not have a kitchen in it.  Maybe their guest house does not have a kitchen in it but I know from seeing in that it has a big room on the front facing the water.  So it definitely has a common area.  In the mentioning of the walkway connecting.....I wonder if that is the loop hole to get around it.  That would work great for us.  Would love to know what Ala Power has to say.