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.