[Amended 10-30-1991 by L.L. No. 23-1991; 7-1-1996 by L.L. No. 6-1996]
For the purposes of this law, the following terms shall mean and include:
A structure, the use of which is incidental to that of main building and which is attached thereto or located on the same premises.
Approved by the Commissioner under the provisions of this law or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto or approved by an authority designated by law or by this law.
The portion of the building that is partly underground which has more than 1/2 its height, measured clear from floor to ceiling, above the average finished grade of the ground adjoining the building.
Enclosed space containing one or more bathtubs, showers or both, and which may also include toilets, lavatories or fixtures serving similar purposes.
A combination of any materials, whether portable or fixed, having a roof, to form a structure affording shelter for persons, animals or property. The word "building" shall be construed, when used herein, as though followed by the words "or part or parts thereof" unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
The lowermost portion of the building partly or totally underground having 1/2 or more of its height, measured clear from floor to ceiling, below the average finished grade of the adjoining ground.
The Commissioner of Building referred to in this law shall be a Building Inspector or his designee.
The Building Department of the Village of Port Chester.
A building containing not more than two dwelling units occupied exclusively for residential uses. Residential uses shall include a private garage and customary home occupations conducted in the "dwelling" by the occupants, such as the practice of a profession.
A building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping facilities for one family.
Open space on the premises and vacant open space on adjacent premises.
The control and extermination of insects, rodents and vermin by eliminating their harborage places, by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food, by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping or by other approved means of pest elimination.
The animal, vegetable and mineral waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
The natural surface of the ground or the surface of the ground after completion of any change in contour.
The total area of all habitable space.
Space occupied by one or more persons for living, sleeping, eating or cooking. Restaurants for employees and occupants, kitchens serving them and kitchenettes shall not be deemed "habitable space."
The presence, within or continuous to a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, rooming unit or premises, of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests.
A space 60 square feet or more in floor area, with a minimum width of five feet, used for cooking or preparation of food and deemed habitable space.
A space, less than 60 square feet in floor area, used for cooking or preparation of food, not deemed habitable space.
A dwelling which is either rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied or which is occupied as the temporary or permanent residence or home of three or more families living independently of each other, including but not limited to the following: a tenement, flat house, maisonette apartment, apartment house, apartment hotel, tourist house, bachelor apartment, studio apartment, duplex apartment, kitchenette apartment, hotel, lodging house, rooming house, boardinghouse, boarding and nursery school, furnished room house, club, sorority house, fraternity house, college and school dormitory or convalescent, old age or nursing home or residences. It shall also include a dwelling, two or more stories in height, and with four or more boarders, roomers or lodgers residing with any one family.
Space used as kitchenettes, pantries, bath, toilet, laundry, rest, dressing, locker, storage, utility, heater and boiler rooms, closets and other spaces used for access and vertical travel between stories.
Any person over one year of age living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
Any person who has charge, care or control of a multiple residence or rooming house in which dwelling units or rooming units are let or offered for occupancy.
Zero degrees Fahrenheit.
Pipes, fixtures and other apparatus for supplying water for consumption or for the conveyance of waste and drainage.
Water duly approved as satisfactory and safe for drinking.
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon.
Sewer operated by a public authority or public utility and available for public use.
A dwelling other than a hotel in which lodging is provided for three or more persons for compensation.
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living or sleeping but not for cooking or eating purposes.
All combustible and noncombustible waste, except garbage.
Waste from a flush toilet, bath, sink, lavatory, dishwashing or laundry machine or the water-carried waste from any other fixture or equipment or machine.
The combination of any materials, whether fixed or portable, forming a construction, including buildings. The word "structure" shall be construed as though followed by the words "or part or parts thereof."
Facilities paid for, furnished, provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
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 utility system for more than 30 consecutive days. Any tent, trailer or other structure occupied for more than 30 consecutive days shall meet all requirements of this Code.
Enclosed space containing one or more toilets, which may also contain one or more lavatories, urinals and other plumbing fixtures.
Supply and removal of air to and from any space by natural or mechanical means.
Ventilation by power-driven devices.
Ventilation by opening to outer air through windows, skylights, doors, louvers or stacks, with or without wind-driven devices.