[R.O. 2003 § 505.110; Ord. No.
16.609 Art. II (§ 505.110), 5-18-1993]
Unless otherwise stated, the following definitions shall, for
the purpose of this Chapter, have the meanings indicated.
[R.O. 2003 § 505.120; Ord. No.
27.450 Art. II § 14, 11-15-1976]
Words used in the present tense include the future; words in
the masculine gender include the feminine and the neuter; the singular
numbers include the plural, and the plural numbers the singular.
[R.O. 2003 § 505.130; Ord. No.
16.609 Art. II (§ 505.130), 5-18-1993]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
A structure which is incidental and subordinate to the principal
use of or structure on a lot located on the same lot as the principal
residential structure, and clearly and customarily related to the
principal structure for use. Structures located on a lot without a
primary residential structure are also included in this definition.
Accessory structures include but are not limited to attached and detached
garages, workshops, barns, gazebos, garden/tool sheds, fencing and
retaining walls.
[Ord. No. 22-08.09, 8-16-2022]
A room or suite of rooms occupied, or intended or designated
to be occupied by one (1) individual, family or household for housekeeping
purposes.
Approved by the City Manager or his/her designee.
That portion of a dwelling between floor and ceiling which
is partly or wholly below ground.
The City Council or a committee of two (2) members appointed
by the Mayor from the City Council.
The code adopted by the legislative body of the City of Marceline.
The City Manager or his/her designee charged with the administration
of this Chapter.
The City of Marceline.
Any building, mobile home or other structure which is wholly
or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human
occupants. This does not include temporary housing which is designed
to be portable and is not attached to the ground; another structure
or any utilities system on the same premises for more than thirty
(30) days.
One (1) or more rooms arranged for the use of one (1) or
more individuals living together as a single housekeeping unit with
cooking, living, sanitary and sleeping facilities.
Any room having cooking facilities used for combined living,
dining and sleeping purposes and meeting the requirements of this
Chapter.
City Manager or his/her designee.
Open space on the premises and on adjoining premises under
the control of owners or operators of such premises.
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 poison spraying, fumigating,
trapping, or by other approved pest elimination method.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
A room or enclosed floor space arranged for living, eating,
and sleeping purposes (not including bathrooms, water closet compartment,
laundries, pantries, foyers, hallways and other accessory floor spaces
or basement rooms used for recreational purposes).
The definitions following under this paragraph shall apply
to heating installations:
CENTRAL HEATING BOILERS AND FURNACESHeating furnaces and boilers shall include warm air furnaces; floor-mounted, direct-fired unit heaters; hot-water boilers; and steam boilers operating not in excess of fifteen (15) pounds of gauge pressure used for heating of buildings or structures.
CHIMNEYA vertical shaft of masonry, reinforced concrete, or other approved, non-combustible, heat resistant material enclosing one (1) or more flues, for the purpose of removing products of combustion from solid liquid or gas fuel.
FLUEA vertical passageway for products of combustion.
SPACE HEATERA self-contained, vented, heating appliance of the circulating type or the radiant type and intended primarily to heat only one (1) room.
VENT PIPEAs applied to heating, means a pipe for removing products of combustion from gas appliance.
WATER HEATERA device for the heating and storage of water to be used for other than heating or industrial purpose.
The presence, within or contiguous to a structure or premises,
of insects, rodents, vermin, or other pests.
Any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence.
Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to children
whether in a building, on the premises of a building, or upon an unoccupied
lot. This includes any abandoned wells, shafts, basements or excavation;
abandoned refrigerators and motor vehicles; any structurally unsound
fences or structures; or any lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation
which may prove hazardous.
Whatever is dangerous to human life or is detrimental to health,
as determined by the Building Official or administrator.
Overcrowding a room with occupants.
Insufficient ventilation or illumination.
Inadequate or unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities.
Uncleanliness, as determined by the Building Official.
Whatever renders air, food, or drink unwholesome or detrimental
to the health of human beings, as determined by the Building Official.
Any person over one (1) year of age living and sleeping in
a dwelling unit or having actual possession of said dwelling or rooming
unit.
That part of a window or door which is available for unobstructed
ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
Any person who has charge, care, or control of a structure
or premises which are let or offered for occupancy.
Any person, as herein defined, who, alone, jointly, or severally
with others, shall have record legal title to any dwelling, as herein
defined.
Any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
Water heating facilities, water pipes, gas pipes, garbage
and disposal units, waste lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed
clothes washing machines, or other similar equipment, catch basins,
drains, vents, or other similarly supplied fixtures, together with
all connections to water, gas, sewer, or vent 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.
An assembly of materials forming a construction for occupancy
or use, including, among others, buildings, stadiums, tents, reviewing
stands, platforms staging, observation tower, radio towers, water
tanks, trestles, piers, wharves, open sheds, coal bins, shelters,
fences and display signs.
Installed, furnished or provided by the owner or operator.
Combustible and non-combustible waste materials, except garbage.
The term shall include the residue from the burning of wood coal,
cokes and other combustible materials, paper, rags, carton, boxes,
wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin
cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, dust and other similar
material.
The process of supplying and removing air by natural or mechanical
means to or from any space. (Mechanical: Ventilation by power driven
devices. Natural: Ventilation by opening to outer air through windows,
skylights, doors, louvers, or stacks without wind driven devices.)
When the words "workmanlike state of maintenance and repair"
are used, they shall mean that such maintenance and repair shall be
made in a reasonably skillful manner.
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building
extending along the entire length of a street or rear, on interior
lot line.
