As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
BASEMENT
A portion of a building located underground but having less than
half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining
ground.
BATHROOM
Any enclosed space which contains one or more of the following: bathtub,
shower, water closet, lavatory, water closet compartment, washbowl, sink or
fixtures serving similar purposes.
BUILDING
Any building or structure or part thereof, whether used for human
habitation or otherwise, and includes any outbuildings and appurtenance belonging
thereto or usually enjoyed therewith.
CELLAR
A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground and
having half or more of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average
grade of the adjoining ground.
DETERIORATION
The condition of a building or part thereof characterized by holes,
breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other evidence of physical
decay, neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive wear.
DWELLING
Any building which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used
for living or sleeping by human occupants, 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 or eating.
EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW
Any premises or part thereof which may be lawfully viewed by the
public or any member thereof from a sidewalk, street, alleyway, parking lot
or from any adjoining or neighboring premises.
EXTERIOR OF THE PREMISES
Any part of the premises not occupied by any building thereon; any
open space on the outside of any building; or any part of any building which
is exposed to the elements.
GARBAGE
The mineral, animal, vegetable or any other organic waste resulting
from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food or other products.
HAZARD
Any physical condition on or near the premises which may reasonably
be deemed to be actually or potentially dangerous to human life or detrimental
to the public health or safety, and includes but is not limited to the following:
(1)
Any condition which may present an actual or potential threat of combustion
or of ignition.
(2)
Foundation walls which are not structurally sound, free from defects
and damage and capable of bearing imposed loads safely.
(3)
Chimneys, flue and vent attachments which are not structurally sound,
free from defects and so maintained as to perform at all times the functions
for which they were designed and constructed, it being required hereby that
chimneys, flues, gas vents and other draft-producing equipment shall provide
sufficient draft to develop the rated output of the connected equipment and
shall be structurally safe, sound, durable, smoketight and capable of withstanding
the action of flue gases.
(4)
Exterior porches, landings, balconies, stairs and fire escapes which
are not structurally sound and free from defects and damage and which are
not provided with banisters or railings properly designed and maintained and
structurally sound and in good repair and which are not maintained in a well-painted
condition or otherwise provided with a preservative treatment to prevent deterioration.
(5)
Any inadequately protected well, shaft, basement, excavation, abandoned
motor vehicle appliance or equipment, structurally unsound fence or building
or other similar condition detrimental to the safety of persons.
MIXED OCCUPANCY
Any building containing one or more dwelling units, rooming units
or hotel or motel accommodations and also having a portion thereof devoted
to nonresidential uses.
NUISANCE
Any public nuisance known in law or in equity or equity jurisprudence
or as provided by the statutes of the State of New Jersey or the ordinances
of the Borough of Haledon, and includes but is not limited to the following:
(1)
Any growth or accumulation of lumber, trash, debris or vegetation such
as poison ivy, oak or sumac.
(3)
Any accumulation of brush, weeds, broken glass, stumps, roots, obnoxious
growths, filth, garbage, trash, rubbish, refuse and debris of any description.
(4)
Loose, overhanging and projecting objects and accumulations of ice and
snow which by reason of location above ground level are or may be dangerous
to persons.
(5)
Holes, excavations, breaks, piles or heaps of material, ungraded fill,
projections, obstructions and excretions of pets or other animals on paths,
sidewalks, walks, driveways, parking lots and parking areas and other parts
of the exterior of a premises which are accessible to and used by persons
lawfully on the premises.
(6)
Accumulations of stormwater, it being hereby required that adequate
runoff drains shall be provided and maintained in workable condition to eliminate
recurrent accumulations of stormwater.
OCCUPANCY UNIT
Any room or group of rooms or part thereof forming a single usable
unit (used or intended to be used or designed to be used for nonresidential
purposes) and located within a building used or intended to be used or designed
to be used, in whole or in part, for commercial, business, industrial or any
other nonresidential occupancy.
OCCUPANT
Any person over one year of age living, sleeping, cooking or eating
in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit, and any
person or persons having actual possession of or using or occupying an entire
building or an occupancy unit in a building.
OPERATOR
Any person, firm, association or corporation who or which has charge,
care or control of a building or part thereof containing dwelling or rooming
or occupancy units, whether with or without the knowledge and consent of the
owner.
OWNER
Any person, firm, association or corporation who or which shall,
alone or jointly or severally:
(1)
Have legal title to any premises with or without accompanying actual
possession thereof.
(2)
Have charge, care or control of any premises or part thereof as owner
or agent of the owner or in a fiduciary capacity to the estate of the owner,
and any such person, firm or corporation having or exercising such charge,
care or control shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this chapter
and of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto the same extent
as though he or it were the owner.
PARTIES IN INTEREST
Any persons, firms, associations or corporations who or which have
an interest of record in a premises and any who may be in actual possession
of all or a part thereof.
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, sink tops and counters, installed dishwashers,
lavatories, bathtub, shower baths, installed clothes-washing machines, catch
basins, drains, vents and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with
all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
PREMISES
A lot, tract, plot or parcel of land, whether or not the same has
improvements situated thereon, and includes any improvements which may be
situated thereon.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
Any officer in charge of a department or branch of the Borough government,
the activities of which relate to public health, fire, building or other matters
concerning dwellings, buildings, structures and/or premises in the Borough,
or the agent of any such officer.
PUBLIC OFFICER
The Construction Code Official or the Housing Maintenance Enforcer
or any duly designated or authorized agent or agents.
[Amended 3-10-1993 by Ord. No. 2-10-93A]
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (except body wastes),
including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street sweepings, dead
animals, abandoned motor vehicles or parts thereof and solid market and industrial
wastes.
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 or eating
purposes.
RUBBISH
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; and
the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and
other combustible material; paper; rags; cartons; boxes; wood; excelsior;
rubber; leather; tree branches; yard trimmings; tin cans; metals; mineral
matter; and glass, crockery and dust.
STRUCTURE
An assembly of materials forming a construction, including but not
limited to buildings, stadiums, gospel and circus tents, reviewing stands,
platforms, stagings, observation towers, radio towers, water tanks, trestles,
open sheds, bins, shelters, fences and display racks and signs.
SUPPLIED
Paid for, furnished or provided by or under control of the owner
or operator.
TEMPORARY HOUSING
Any tent, trailer or other structure used for human shelter which
is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to
another structure or to any utilities system on the same premises for more
than 30 consecutive days.
TRANSLUCENT
The property of admitting the passage of light but diffusing it so
that objects beyond it cannot be clearly distinguished.
UTILITIES
Includes electric, gas, heating, water and sewerage services and
equipment therefor.
WEATHERING
Deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the elements.
WINDOW
An opening in the wall or roof of a building for the admission of
light, which opening may be closed to the elements by casements or sashes
containing glass or other transparent material.
WINDOW DISPLAY AREA
The inner surface of a window which is designed or used for the viewing
of the interior of a building and for the display of items representative
of any goods or services pertaining to the business conducted in said building.