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duplex house (over garden level apartment) Explanation: quite common in Canada and more and more common in other places as well. Usually one unit is apartment on gound floor while above there is a two storey house from wiki In urban planning, the term duplex is used more specifically. Major Canadian cities sometimes use the term duplex to refer specifically to a building with one unit built above another. Edmonton defines Duplex Housing as "development consisting of a building containing only two Dwellings, with one Dwelling placed over the other in whole or in part with individual and separate access to each Dwelling".[4] Calgary defines Duplex Dwelling as "a building which contains two Dwelling Units, one located above the other, with each having a separate entrance".[5] Toronto proposes in their new Zoning Bylaw to define Duplex Building as a building that has only two dwelling units, and one dwelling unit is entirely or partially on top of the other dwelling unit.[6] Halifax defines Duplex Dwelling as "the whole of a dwelling that is divided horizontally into two separate dwelling units, each of which has an independent entrance".[7] Other major cities use the term duplex, but do not specify the physical relationship between the two dwelling units. Dallas defines the term duplex as "two dwelling units located on a lot".[8] Philadelphia defines a duplex dwelling as "a dwelling occupied as the home or residence of two (2) families, under one (1) roof, each family occupying a single unit".[9] Other major cities do not use the term duplex in their zoning or Land Use bylaws. San Francisco and Vancouver use the term Two-family dwelling.[10][11] Winnipeg uses the term Dwelling, two-family.[12] The definitions of these terms do not specify the physical relationship between the two dwelling units in the building. Detroit and Chicago uses the term Two-flat and defines it as a "residential building that contains 2 dwelling units located on a single lot. The dwelling units must share a common wall or common floor/ceiling."[13] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 42 mins (2011-06-13 14:55:16 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- A duplex house is defined as a dwelling having apartments with separate entrances for two families. ... In urban planning, the term duplex is used more specifically. ... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex_(building) A young couple has a chance to move into a gorgeous duplex in the perfect New York neighborhood. All they have to do is bump off the current tenant, ... www.imdb.com/title/tt0266489 - 92k We have more than 55,900 dwellings for duplex starting at $122,000, 4bedroom - 3 bath duplex townhome located in a gated waterfront commun..., duplex homes.trovit.com/duplex - 102k |
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