Re: Fixtures Listed as "Not For Use in Dwellings"
Here are a whole bunch of definitions;
Definitions of dwelling on the Web:
housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
A house in its most general sense is a human-built dwelling with enclosing walls, a floor, and a roof. It provides shelter against precipitation, wind, heat, cold and intruding humans and animals. When occupied as a routine dwelling for humans, a house is called a home (though animals may often live in the house as well, both domestic pets and "unauthorised" animals such as mice living in the walls). ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwelling
A self-contained residential unit, occupied by (i) a person or group of people living together as a family, or (ii) by not more than six residents living together as a single household (including a household where care is provided for residents).
www.southampton.gov.uk/environment/development-control/planning-terms.asp
Dwelling means any residential structure whether or not attached to real property, including condominium and cooperative units and mobile or manufactured homes. It refers to both one-to-four-family and multifamily structures. Recreational vehicles such as boats or campers are not dwellings under HMDA.
www.ffiec.gov/hmda/glossary.htm
A house, home, living unit. Generally refers to a building designed for use as a living space.
www.krisholmes.com/gloss-d.htm
The house or another structure in which a person lives; a residence.
www.courts.mo.gov/osca/index.nsf/0/8b69295b674dde2186256e15004ea27f
means any building, structure, or portion thereof which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a residence by one or more families, and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure, or portion thereof.
stlouis.missouri.org/501c/ehoc/glossary.html
Any structure containing dwelling units, including all dwelling classifications covered by the Title.
www.portlandonline.com/auditor/index.cfm
A dwelling which is subject to a planning condition or legal agreement restricting occupation to someone employed, or was last employed, in agriculture, forestry or other appropriate rural employment.
www.planningportal.gov.uk/england/government/en/1115310681665.html
Structure or portion thereof used for residential habitation.
www.emgcorp.com/whatshot/dictionary.php
"Dwelling" means any building used as a permanent residence or place of domicile. [2003, c. 414, Pt. A, ?2 (new); c. 614, ?9 (aff).]
janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/12/title12sec13001.html
"Dwelling" means a building or portion thereof used exclusively for residential purposes, including one-family, two-family and multiple family dwelling(s), but not including hotels or boarding houses.
www.co.mendocino.ca.us/planning/PermitPlace/
PermitPlace72.htm
A separate set of living quarters with a private entrance from outside the building, or from a common hallway or stairway inside. For example, a single house, each unit in an apartment building, etc. A dwelling may be occupied by one person, by one family, or by a combination of these groups.
www.statcan.ca/english/kits/housev.htm
A building, or portion of a building where people live.
www.actpla.act.gov.au/spatialplan/6_glossary/
The building in which a person lives.
www.kirkhomes.com/service_center/glossary_d.cfm
Means any building which is wholly or partly used or arranged or designed to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants; provided, that temporary housing shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
www.hartford.gov/L&I/housingcode_inspections/definition.htm
In general terms a dwelling is defined as a set of living quarters. A private dwelling is a separate set of living quarters with a private access. A collective dwelling may be institutional, communal or commercial in nature. Of the different types of collective dwellings, only communal dwellings are covered in the SLID and the SCF.
prod.library.utoronto.ca:8090/datalib/codebooks/cstdsp/13f0022/2001/famdef.htm
a structure where people reside as distinguished from a warehouse, retail store, or any other building.
www.patrons.com/html/body_glossary.html
a building made for people to live in, especially one built for a single family of occupants
encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/house.html
The living quarters occupied, or intended for occupancy, by a household.
www.federated.ca/gloss/d.htm
I guess it depends on who defines it.
