[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:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
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
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.
BASEMENT
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.
BATHROOM
Enclosed space containing one or more bathtubs, showers or both,
and which may also include toilets, lavatories or fixtures serving similar
purposes.
BUILDING
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.
CELLAR
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.
COMMISSIONER
The Commissioner of Building referred to in this law shall be a Building
Inspector or his designee.
DEPARTMENT
The Building Department of the Village of Port Chester.
DWELLING
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.
DWELLING UNIT
A building or portion thereof providing complete housekeeping facilities
for one family.
EXTERMINATION
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.
GARBAGE
The animal, vegetable and mineral waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
GRADE
The natural surface of the ground or the surface of the ground after
completion of any change in contour.
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."
INFESTATION
The presence, within or continuous to a dwelling, dwelling unit,
rooming house, rooming unit or premises, of insects, rodents, vermin or other
pests.
KITCHEN
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.
KITCHENETTE
A space, less than 60 square feet in floor area, used for cooking
or preparation of food, not deemed habitable space.
MULTIPLE DWELLING
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.
NONHABITABLE SPACE
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.
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.
OPERATOR
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.
PLUMBING SYSTEM
Pipes, fixtures and other apparatus for supplying water for consumption
or for the conveyance of waste and drainage.
POTABLE WATER
Water duly approved as satisfactory and safe for drinking.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures
thereon.
PUBLIC SEWER
Sewer operated by a public authority or public utility and available
for public use.
ROOMING HOUSE
A dwelling other than a hotel in which lodging is provided for three
or more persons for compensation.
ROOMING UNIT
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.
RUBBISH
All combustible and noncombustible waste, except garbage.
SEWAGE
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.
STRUCTURE
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."
SUPPLIED FACILITIES
Facilities paid for, furnished, provided by or under the 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 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.
TOILET ROOM OR COMPARTMENT
Enclosed space containing one or more toilets, which may also contain
one or more lavatories, urinals and other plumbing fixtures.
VENTILATION
Supply and removal of air to and from any space by natural or mechanical
means.
VENTILATION, NATURAL
Ventilation by opening to outer air through windows, skylights, doors,
louvers or stacks, with or without wind-driven devices.