A. 
Terms defined. The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A detached structure which is not used or not intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants and which is located on or partially on any premises.
APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY
That person within the governmental structure of the corporate unit charged with the administration of the appropriate code.
APPROVED
Approved by the local or state authority having such administrative authority.
ASHES
The residue from the burning of combustible materials.
ATTIC
Any story situated wholly or partly within the roof, so designed, arranged or built as to be used for business, storage or habitation.
CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM
A single system supplying heat to one or more dwelling unit(s) or more than one rooming unit.
CHIMNEY
A vertical masonry shaft of reinforced concrete, or other approved noncombustible, heat-resisting material enclosing one or more flues, for the purpose of removing products of combustion from solid, liquid or gaseous fuel.
DILAPIDATED
Fallen into partial ruin or decay.
DORMITORY
A room or group of rooms in any dwelling used for living and sleeping purposes by four or more persons.
DWELLING
Any enclosed space which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants, provided that temporary housing, as hereinafter defined, shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
DWELLING UNIT
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.
EGRESS
A place or means of going out.
EXTERMINATION
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 local or state authority having such administrative authority.
FAIR MARKET VALUE
A price at which both buyers and sellers are willing to do business.
FAMILY
One adult person plus one or more persons who are legally related to said person and residing in the same dwelling unit with said person.
FLUSH WATER CLOSET
A toilet bowl flushed with water under pressure with a water-sealed trap above the floor level.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, serving and nonconsumption of food.
GUEST
Any person who shares a dwelling unit in a nonpermanent status for not more than 30 days.
HABITABLE ROOM
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, furnace rooms, pantries, kitchenettes and utility rooms of less than 50 square feet of floor space, foyers or communicating corridors, stairways, closets, storage spaces, and workshops, hobby and recreation areas in unheated or uninsulated parts of a structure below ground level or in attics.
HEALTH OFFICER
The legally designated health authority of the Borough of Colwyn.
HEATED WATER
Water heated to a temperature of not less than 120° F. at the outlet.
HOUSEHOLD
A family and/or one or more unrelated persons, including servants, who share the same dwelling and use some or all of its cooking and eating facilities.
INFESTATION
The presence within or around a dwelling of any insects, rodents or other pests.
KITCHEN
Any room containing any or all of the following equipment or any area of a room within three feet of such equipment: a sink and/or other device for dishwashing, a stove or other device for cooking, a refrigerator or other device for cool storage of food, cabinets and/or shelves for storage of equipment and utensils, and a counter or table for food preparation.
KITCHENETTE
A small kitchen or an alcove containing cooking facilities.
MULTIPLE DWELLING
Any dwelling containing more than two dwelling units and/or rooming units.
OCCUPANT
Any person over one year of age living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or actually having possession of a dwelling unit or a rooming unit, except that in dwelling units a guest will not be considered an occupant.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care, control or management of a building, or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
ORDINARY SUMMER CONDITIONS
A temperature 10° F. below the highest recorded temperature in the locality for the prior ten-year period.
ORDINARY WINTER CONDITIONS
A temperature 15° F. above the lowest recorded temperature in the locality for the prior ten-year period.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others:
(1) 
Shall have legal title to any premises, dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or
(2) 
Shall have charge, care or control of any premises, dwelling or dwelling unit, as owner or agent of the owner, or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any such person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this chapter and of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if he were the owner.
PERMISSIBLE OCCUPANCY
The maximum number of persons permitted to reside in a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
PLUMBING
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 fixture, and the installation thereof, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
PREMISES
A platted lot or part thereof or unplatted lot or parcel of land or plot of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any dwelling or nondwelling structure, and includes any such building, accessory structure or other structure thereon.
PRIVACY
The existence of conditions which will permit a person or persons to carry out an activity commenced without interruption or interference, either by sight or sound, by unwanted persons.
RAT HARBORAGE
Any place where rats can live, nest or seek shelter.
RATPROOFING
A form of construction which will prevent the ingress or egress of rats to or from a given space or building, or gaining access to food, water or harborage. It consists of the closing and keeping closed of every opening in foundations, basements, cellars, exterior and interior walls, ground or first floors, roofs, sidewalk gratings, sidewalk openings and other places that may be reached and entered by rats by climbing, burrowing or other methods, by the use of materials impervious to rat gnawing and other methods approved by the appropriate authority.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solids (except body wastes), including garbage, rubbish, ashes and dead animals.
REFUSE CONTAINER
A watertight container that is constructed of metal, or other durable material impervious to rodents, that is capable of being serviced without creating insanitary conditions, or such other containers approved by the appropriate authority. Openings into the container such as covers and doors shall be tight-fitting.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling or that part of any dwelling containing one or more rooming units and/or one or more dormitory rooms.
ROOMING UNIT
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 purposes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes) consisting of either:
(1) 
Combustible wastes such as paper, cardboard, plastic containers, yard clippings and wood; or
(2) 
Noncombustible wastes such as tin cans, glass and crockery.
SAFETY
The condition of being free from danger and hazards which may cause accidents or disease.
SPACE HEATER
A self-contained heating appliance of either the circulating type or the radiant type and intended primarily to heat only one room.
SUPPLIED
Paid for, furnished by, provided by or under the control of the owner, operator or agent.
TEMPORARY HOUSING
Any tent, trailer, mobile home or any other structure used for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to another structure or to any utility system on the same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.
B. 
Meaning of certain words.
(1) 
Whenever the words "dwelling," "dwelling unit," "rooming house," "rooming units," "premises," or "structure" are used in this chapter, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any part thereof."
(2) 
Words used in the singular include the plural, and the plural the singular. The masculine gender includes the feminine, and the feminine the masculine.