Unless otherwise stated, the following shall, for the purpose of this
chapter, have the meanings herein indicated:
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
A use or structure subordinate to the principal use of a building
on the same lot and serving a purpose customarily incidental to the use of
the principal building or land use.
A portion of a building located partly underground but having less
than one-half (1/2) of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average
grade of the adjoining ground.
A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground and
having one-half (1/2) or more of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the
average grade of the adjoining ground.
A designation by the Housing Official that a structure is unsafe,
unfit, unsanitary or unlawful as provided for in this code.
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for
one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping,
eating, cooking and sanitation.
The control or elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by
eliminating their harborage places, by removing or making inaccessible materials
that may serve to harbor pests, by blocking their access to a dwelling or
by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods.
Any device or condition likely to cause fire and which is so situated
as to endanger either persons or property.
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 in such a manner
as to put in jeopardy, in event of ignition, either persons or property.
The obstruction of fire escapes, including ladders, stairways, aisles,
exits, doors, windows, passageways or halls, which may be used as escapes
in the event of fire, to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department
or of the safety and ready egress of the occupants.
That story of a dwelling at or next above the average grade of the
adjoining ground.
The animal and/or vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food, including the by-products thereof.
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, pantries, foyers or communicating corridors, closets and storage
spaces.
A dwelling or dwelling unit or building space of any kind designed
or used for human habitation.
The official who is charged with the administration and enforcement
of this code, or any duly authorized representative.
The presence within or around a dwelling or in or near waste disposal
containers of any insects, rodents or other pests.
The use of a room or rooms for combined living, sleeping and dining
purposes by individuals or groups of persons having part of a dwelling, such
as stairs or halls, in common but living independently of each other and doing
their cooking upon the premises, whether in the same or in other units, as
distinguished from a dwelling unit or apartment having normal kitchen and
toilet facilities.
The room or rooms occupied for light housekeeping purposes by one
individual or group of persons living independently of other such individuals
or groups.
A weed which, when well-established, is highly destructive and difficult
to control. Examples include quack grass, Johnsongrass, bindweed, Canada thistle
and Bermuda grass.
Any person, including an owner or operator, living or sleeping in
a dwelling unit.
Any person who has charge, care, management or control of a structure
or premises which are let or offered for occupancy.
Any legally responsible person who, alone or jointly or severally
with others:
Shall have legal title to any regulated residential properties, with
or without accompanying actual possession thereof: or
Shall have charge, care or control of any regulated residential properties,
as owners or agent of the owner or any 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 chapter
and of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent
as if he were the "owner."
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 fixture and the installation thereof, together
with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
A lot, parcel, tract or plot of land, together with the buildings
and structures thereon.
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage, and
the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal and other
combustible materials; paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, rubber, yard trimmings,
tin cans, metal and other similar materials.
The process of supplying and removing air by natural or mechanical
means to or from any space.
MECHANICALVentilation by power-driven devices.
NATURALVentilation by opening to outer air through windows, skylights, doors, louvers or stacks without wind-driven devices.
