Definitions. The following words and phrases, when
used in this article, shall have the following meanings:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A detached structure which is not used or intended to be
used for living or sleeping by human occupants and which is located
on the same premises with a dwelling.
APPROVED
Approved by the local or state authority having such administrative
authority.
ASHES
The residue from the burning of combustible materials (and
the noncombustible portion of refuse loaded into an incinerator).
BASEMENT
The portion of the building partly underground but having
less than half its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining
ground.
CELLAR
The portion of the building partly underground having half
or more than half of its clear height below the average grade of the
adjoining ground.
CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM
A single system supplying heat to one or more dwelling units
or more than one rooming unit.
DWELLING
Any enclosed space which is wholly or partly used or intended
to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants, including but
not limited to a rooming house, 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.
EMERGENCY
A condition which is a danger to life and/or health or is
detrimental as determined by the Director of Health or his duly authorized
designee.
EXTERMINATION
The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other
pests by eliminating their harborages, by removing or by making inaccessible
materials that may serve as their food, and by the use of poisoning,
spraying, fumigating, trapping, or any other pest elimination methods
approved by the Director of Health.
FAMILY
A household consisting of one or more person(s).
FIRE CODE
The Connecticut State Fire Safety Code.
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, and shall
also mean combustible waste material.
GARBAGE CONTAINER
A watertight, animal-proof, insect-proof container equipped
with a tight-fitting cover.
GROSS FLOOR AREA
The total area of all habitable space in a building or structure.
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, foyers or communicating
corridors, stairways, closets, storage space and workshops, and hobby
and recreation areas in unsealed or uninsulated parts of a structure
below ground level or in attics.
HEATED WATER
Water heated to a temperature of not less than 120º
F. at the outlet.
HOUSEHOLD
A family and/or one or more unrelated persons, including
servants and not more than two boarders, who share the same dwelling
and use some or all of its cooking and eating facilities.
INFESTATION
The presence within or around a dwelling or other structure
of insects, rodents or other pests.
KITCHEN or KITCHENETTE
Any room containing any or all of the following equipment,
or the area of a room within three feet of such equipment: sink and/or
other device for dishwashing, stove or other device for cooking, and
refrigerator or other device for cool storage of food.
KITCHEN SINK
A sink of a size and design adequate for the purpose of washing
eating and drinking utensils, located in a kitchen, properly connected
with a cold and hot water line.
LAVATORY
A handwashing basin which is properly connected with both
a hot and cold water line and which is separate and distinct from
a kitchen sink.
LEAD PAINT or LEAD-BASED PAINT
Shall have the same meaning as provided in or determined
pursuant to the Federal Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act,
Chapter 63 of the Social Security Act, as amended.
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, or control of a building,
or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
ORDER
Any order made by the Director of Health or his authorized
representative in the enforcement of this article.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others:
(1)
Shall have the legal title to any dwelling,
premises or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession
thereof; or
(2)
Shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling,
premises or dwelling unit as owner of 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 article 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 as a family or household
to reside in a dwelling unit or rooming unit based on the square footage
per person in habitable rooms.
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, sewage disposal system or gas
lines.
POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
Any material, including building material, containing lead,
heavy metals, chemicals, or radioactive matter in concentrations dangerous
to the public health as deemed by the Connecticut Department of Public
Health.
[Amended 1-6-2003 by Ord. No. 01-03]
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 structures 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.
RATPROOFING
A form of construction which will prevent the ingress or
egress of rats to or from a given space or building or their gaining
access to food, water or harborage. It consists of the closing and
keeping closed of every opening in foundations, basements, cellars
and exterior and interior walls.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solids (except body wastes),
including garbage, rubbish, ashes and dead animals. The terms shall
also include paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber,
leather, tree branches, yard trimmings and other combustible materials.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling or that part of any dwelling containing one
or more rooming units in which space is occupied by six or more persons
who are not members of a single family.
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 and eating purposes except as provided in §
178-9B(5) of this article.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes) consisting
of both:
(1)
Combustible wastes such as old batteries, paint
scrapings, paper, cardboard, plastic containers, yard clippings and
wood; and
(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.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM
A structure, excavation or other facility, usually underground,
to which sewage is drained and retained to effect disintegration of
the organic matter by bacteria and as defined in the Connecticut Public
Health Code, as amended.
SPACE HEATER
A self-contained, vented, fuel-burning appliance, a barometric
fed fuel control, which has a fuel supply tank located less than 42
inches from the center of the burner.
SUPPLIED
Paid for, furnished, 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 is not
attached to the ground, to another structure or to any utility system
on the same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.
VENTILATION
The process of supplying and removing air by natural or mechanical
means to or from any space.