The following definitions shall only apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this chapter:
DWELLING
Any building or structure which is wholly or partly used
or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants and
includes any appurtenances thereto.
DWELLING UNIT
Any habitable room or group of adjoining habitable rooms
located within a dwelling and forming a single unit with facilities
which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking
and eating of meals.
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 any other approved pest-control
methods.
NUISANCE
Shall, for the purpose of this section, be defined as follows:
A.
Any public nuisance known in common law or in equity jurisprudence.
B.
Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to children
whether in a building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes any
abandoned wells, shafts, basements and excavations; or any abandoned
refrigerators, furnaces, machinery or parts thereof, structurally
unsound fences and structures; or any lumber, trash, fences, debris
or vegetation which may prove a hazard for inquisitive minors.
C.
Whatever is dangerous to human life or is detrimental to health.
D.
Dwelling or nondwelling structures which tend to depreciate
property values and jeopardize or be detrimental to the health, safety,
morals or welfare of the Village residents due to faulty design or
construction or to failure to maintain them in a proper state of repair
or to improper management.
OCCUPANT
Any person living, sleeping or eating or having actual possession
of actual possession of a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a building
or part thereof in which dwelling or rooming units are let.
OWNER
Any person who alone or jointly or severally with others
shall be the legally recorded holder of the title with or without
actual possession thereof, or who has charge, care or control of any
dwelling or dwelling unit as agent, owner, or as executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner. The term "owner" under
this section shall also include the legally recorded holder of a land
contract vendee interest.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, corporation, partnership or
association.
PREMISES
Any lot, plot or parcel of land either occupied or unoccupied
by any dwelling or nondwelling structure.
When the Building Inspector, Health Officer and/or Fire Inspector
determines that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there
has been a violation of any provision which affects the safety of
any such occupants, or the safety of the general public, he/she shall
give notice of such alleged violation to the person or persons responsible
therefor, and to any known agent of such persons, as hereinafter provided.
Such notice shall:
B. Include a statement of the reasons why it is being issued.
C. Allow a reasonable time for the performance of any act it requires.
D. Be served upon the owner or his/her agent or the occupant as the
case may require; provided that such notice shall be deemed to be
properly served upon such owner or agent, or upon such occupant, if
a copy thereof is served upon him/her personally or if a copy thereof
is sent by registered mail to his/her last known address or if a copy
thereof is posted in a conspicuous place in or about the premises
affected by the notice or if he/she is served with such notice by
any other method authorized or required under the laws of this state.
E. Such notice must contain an outline of remedial action which, if
taken, will effect compliance with the provisions of this chapter.