As used in this Part, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A detached structure located on or partially on any premises
which is not used or not intended to be used for living or sleeping
by human occupants.
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 material.
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 gas fuel.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The person appointed to the office created by Ord. 9712-8, 12/10/1997 [Chapter
1, Part 2C], or the office itself.
DORMITORY
A room in any dwelling used for sleeping purposes by four
or more unrelated 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.
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, or trapping; or by any other recognized and
legal pest elimination methods approved by the local or state authority
having such administrative authority.
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. Such toilet bowls shall have a smooth,
easily cleanable surface.
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 laundries,
furnace rooms, pantries, and utility rooms of less than 50 square
feet, foyers or communicating corridors, stairways, storage spaces
and workshops, hobby and recreation areas in unsealed or uninsulated
parts of structure below ground level or in attics.
HEATED WATER
Water heated to a temperature of not less than 120ยฐ F.
HOUSEHOLD
A family and/or one or more unrelated persons, who share
the same dwelling and use some or all of its cooking and eating facilities,
including servants and not more than two boarders.
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 the are of a room within three feet of such equipment: sink and/or
other device for dishwashing, stove or other device for cooking, refrigerator
or other device for cool storage of food, cabinets and/or shelves
for storage of equipment and utensils and counter or table for food
preparation.
MEANING OF CERTAIN WORDS
Whenever the words "dwelling," "dwelling unit," "rooming
house," "rooming unit," "premises," "structure" are used in this Part,
they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words
"or any part thereof."
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 10ยฐ F. below the highest recorded temperature
in the locality for the prior ten-year period.
ORDINARY WINTER CONDITIONS
A temperature of 15ยฐ F. above the lowest recorded temperature
in the locality for the prior ten-year period.
OWNER
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(1) Any person who, along or jointly or severally with others:
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(a) Shall have legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit,
with or without accompanying actual possession thereof.
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(b) Shall have charge, care, or control of any dwelling or dwelling
unit as owner or agent of the owner, or an executor, administrator,
trustee, or guardian of the estate of the owner.
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(2) Any such person thus representing the actual owner shall
be bound to comply with the provisions of this Part and of rules and
regulations adopted pursuant thereto to the same extent as if he were
the owner.
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PERMISSIBLE OCCUPANCY
The maximum number or persons permitted to reside in a dwelling
unit or rooming unit.
PERSON
Includes 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 fixtures, 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 ability of a person or persons to carry out an activity
commenced without interruption or interference, either by sight or
sound, by unwanted persons.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solids (except body wastes),
including garbage, rubbish, ashes, and dead animals.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling or that part of any dwelling containing one
ore more rooming units, and/or one ore 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:
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(1) Combustible wastes such as paper, cardboard, plastic containers,
yard clippings, and wood.
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(2) Noncombustible wastes such as tin cans, glass, and crockery.
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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 or operator.
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.