Definitions. The following definitions shall apply
in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter and of any rules
and regulations adopted pursuant thereto:
APPROVED
As defined and specified by the Director in rules and regulations
adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
BOARD
The Board of Appeals.
BUILDING
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent or continuous occupancy for use for public, institutional,
business or storage purposes.
DETERIORATION
The condition of a building or part thereof, characterized
by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other
evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive
use.
DIRECTOR
The Director of the Division of Zoning and Code Enforcement.
EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW
Any premises, or any part thereof, or any building, or any
part thereof, which may be lawfully viewed by the public, or any member
thereof, from a sidewalk, street, alleyway, licensed open-air parking
lot or from any adjoining or neighboring premises.
EXTERMINATION
The control and elimination of insects, rodents and vermin
by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible
material that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating,
trapping or by other approved means of pest elimination.
FIRE HAZARD
(1)
Any device or condition likely to cause fire
and which is so situated as to endanger either persons or property.
(2)
The creation, maintenance or continuance of
any physical condition by reason of which there exists a use, accumulation
or storage of combustible or explosive material sufficient in amount
or so located or in such a manner as to put in jeopardy, in event
of ignition, either persons or property.
(3)
The obstruction to or of fire escapes, ladders
which may be used as escape, stairways, aisles, exits, doors, windows,
passageways or halls, likely, in the event of fire, to interfere with
the operations of the Fire Division or of the safety and ready egress
of occupants.
(4)
The violation of any rule now or hereafter promulgated
by the Fire Division or the City of Pawtucket.
FLOOR SPACE
The horizontally projected floor area inside of and between
exterior walls or partitions or any combination thereof.
INFESTATION
The presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on
the premises which constitute a health hazard.
NUISANCE
(1)
Any public nuisance known at public law or in
equity jurisprudence, or as provided by the statutes of the State
of Rhode Island or the ordinances of the City of Pawtucket.
(2)
Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental
to the health or safety of children whether in a building, on the
premises of a building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes but
is not limited to abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations,
abandoned iceboxes, refrigerators, motor vehicles, any structurally
unsound fences or structures, lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation,
such as poison ivy, oak or sumac, which may prove a hazard for inquisitive
minors.
(3)
Physical conditions dangerous to human life
or detrimental to the health of persons on or near the premises where
the conditions exist.
(4)
Overcrowding of a room with occupants in violation
of this chapter.
(5)
Insufficient ventilation or illumination in
violation of this chapter.
(6)
Inadequate or insanitary sewage or plumbing
facilities in violation of this chapter.
(7)
Insanitary conditions or anything offensive
to the senses or dangerous to health in violation of this chapter.
(8)
Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome
or detrimental to the health of human beings.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure,
or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent
of the owner.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without
accompanying actual possession thereof, or shall have charge, care
or control of any structure, as owner or agent of the owner, or as
executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee, receiver
or guardian of the estate, or as a mortgagee in possession regardless
of how such possession was obtained. Any person who is a lessee subletting
or reassigning any part or all of any structure shall be deemed to
be a co-owner with the lessor and shall have joint responsibility
over the portion of the premises sublet or assigned by said lessee.
PERSON
Includes any individual, group of individuals, firm, corporation,
association or partnership.
PLUMBING
Includes all of the following supplied facilities, equipment
and devices: gas pipes, water pipes, toilets, lavatories, sinks, laundry
tubs, installed dishwashers, garbage disposal units, installed clothes-washing
machines, catch basins, wash basins, bathtubs, shower baths, waste
and sewer pipes, cesspools, septic tanks, drainage fields, drains,
vents, traps and any other gas burning or water using fixtures and
appliances, together with all connections to water, waste and sewer
or gas pipes.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or
structures thereon.
PROPER OR PROPERLY
As defined and specified herein or in rules and regulations
adopted pursuant hereto; or when not so defined or specified, in accordance
with the applicable ordinances of the City of Pawtucket.
STRUCTURE
Combination of any materials, whether fixed or portable,
forming a construction, including buildings.
WEATHERING
Deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the
elements.