The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
A portion of a building located partly underground, but having
less than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average
grade of the adjoining ground.
The legally designated Building Inspector of the Town or
his designated assistant.
A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground,
and having half or more than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height
below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
Any building which is used or intended to be used in whole
or in part for living or sleeping by human occupants, provided that
temporary housing as hereinafter defined in this section shall not
be regarded as a dwelling.
Any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and
forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or
intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating.
The Code Enforcement Officer or his designee.
The control and elimination of insects, rodents, or other
pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making
inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning,
spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other recognized and legal
pest elimination methods approved by the Town Health Officer and the
State Department of Health.
The legally designated Fire Chief of the Willimantic Service
District or his designated assistant.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used
for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms,
water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers, or hallways,
closets, recreation rooms (but not including living rooms), private
workshops or hobby rooms, and storage spaces.
The Director of Code Enforcement or his designee.
The presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects,
rodents or other pests.
Any dwelling containing two or more dwelling units.
Any person living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or having
actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
Any person who has charge, care, or control of a building,
or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
Any dwelling having no more than two dwelling units, one
of which is continuously occupied by the owner of the dwelling.
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others
or through a designated agent, trustee or fiduciary:
Shall have legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with
or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or
Shall have charge, care, or control of any dwelling or dwelling
unit, as owner or agent of the owner, or as a fiduciary representing
the interest of the owner. Any such person thus representing the title
owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this article,
and with rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this article, to
the same extent as if he were the owner.
Means and includes all of the following supplied facilities
and equipment: gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage
disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers,
lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes-washing machines,
catch basins, drains, vents, and any other similar supplied fixtures,
together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit
used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking
or eating purposes.
Any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling containing more
than one rooming unit, in which a rooming unit is let by the owner
or operator to three or more persons who are not husband or wife,
son or daughter, mother or father, or sister or brother of the owner
or operator, provided that hospitals, homes for the aged, and other
institutions licensed by the State Department of Health under C.G.S.
Chapter 181 shall not be regarded as rooming houses or as subject
to the provisions of this article.
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage;
and the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coke,
and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood,
excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans,
metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, and dust or other items as
specified by the Town Health Officer.
Paid for, furnished, or provided by or under the control
of the owner or operator.
Any tent, trailer, or similar structure which is used for
human shelter.
The legally designated Health Officer of the Town or his
designated assistant.
In any case where a provision of this article is found to be
in conflict with a provision of any zoning, building, fire, safety,
health or other ordinance or code of the Town, the provision which
establishes the higher standard for the promotion and protection of
the health and safety of the people shall prevail.
(a)
The enforcement official is authorized to enforce the provisions
of this article and to make inspections in response to a request or
a complaint that an alleged violation of the provisions of this article
or of applicable rules or regulations pursuant thereto may exist,
or when the enforcement official has probable cause to believe that
a violation of this article or any rules and regulations pursuant
thereto has been or is being committed.
(b)
The enforcement official is hereby authorized to enter and inspect
all dwellings, dwelling units, rooming houses and rooming units and
the premises surrounding such dwellings, dwelling units, rooming houses
and rooming units subject to the provisions of this article for the
purpose of determining whether there is compliance with its provisions,
and for the issuance of permits as required under Division 2 of this
article.
(c)
The owner, occupant or other person in charge of a dwelling, dwelling
unit, rooming house or rooming unit, upon presentation of proper identification
by the enforcement official, shall give the enforcement official free
access to every part of the dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house
or rooming unit or to the premises surrounding any of these.
(d)
If any owner, occupant or other person in charge of a dwelling, dwelling
unit, rooming house or rooming unit or structure subject to licensing
fails or refuses to permit free access and entry to the structure
or premises under his control, or any part thereof, with respect to
which an inspection authorized by this article is sought to be made,
the enforcement official may, upon showing that probable cause exists
for the inspection and for the issuance of an order directing compliance
with the inspection requirements of this section with respect to such
dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, or rooming unit, petition
and obtain such order from a court of competent jurisdiction; said
official may also seek a warrant.
(e)
When inspecting large multiple dwellings, boardinghouses, rooming
houses or other establishments regulated under this article which
contain numerous units, the enforcement official may select and inspect
a representative sampling of rental units (never less than 20%) within
residential rental property containing at least 20 such units for
purposes of inspection. Such selection shall be made by a statistically
random process and is restricted to those rental units which have
been authorized for inspection by their respective tenants.
