Where the following terms are used in this chapter,
they shall have the meanings indicated:
APPEAL
A written notice addressed to the Concord Township UCC Board
of Appeals, to be filed at the Township Offices within 30 days of
any action or decision by the Concord Township Property Safety Officer.
APPROVED
In accordance with all laws and ordinances of the Concord
Township and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
BASEMENT
A portion of any dwelling located partially underground but
having less than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the
average grade of the adjoining ground.
BUILDING
Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering
any use or occupancy.
BUSINESS (UNIT)
A room or group of rooms used for offices or a retail use
offering sales to the general public.
CELLAR
A portion of any building having half or more than half of
its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining
ground.
DUPLEX
Any family dwelling containing two dwelling units.
DWELLING
A building or structure which is wholly or partly used or
intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
DWELLING UNIT
One or more rooms arranged for the use of one or more individuals
living together as a single housekeeping unit, with cooking, living,
sanitary and sleeping facilities.
EQUIPMENT
Any man-made object, not of a stationary nature, and not
a structure, located on any premises.
EXTERMINATION
The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other
pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making
inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by spraying,
poisoning, fumigating or trapping; or by any other recognized and
legally approved pest elimination methods approved by the Public Safety
Officer.
FAMILY
A group of persons related by blood, marriage or adoption.
GARBAGE
Includes all vegetable and animal food wastes from the preparation,
cooking and serving of food; market wastes; and wastes from the handling,
storage and sale of produce.
HABITABLE ROOM
A room used or intended to be used for living, sleeping,
eating or cooking, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments,
laundries, foyers, pantries, communicating corridors, stairways, closets,
basement recreation rooms and storage spaces.
HOTEL
A public house, providing lodging to the public, which opens
directly on a parking area.
INDUSTRIAL (UNIT)
A room, group of rooms or building used for assembling, disassembling,
fabricating, finishing, manufacturing, packaging, repair or processing
operations.
[Added 5-10-2011 by Ord. No. 336]
INFESTATION
The presence in or swarming or overrunning of a dwelling
or a part thereof, inside or outside, by insects or pests or the presence
of rodents or vermin in or outside the dwelling or any part thereof.
OCCUPANT
Any person, including an owner or operator, living or sleeping
in a dwelling or rooming unit, or working in a commercial, business
or office unit.
OFFICE (UNIT)
A room or group of rooms used for conducting the affairs
of a business, profession, service, industry or government.
OPENABLE AREA
The part of a window which is available for unobstructed
ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
OPERATOR
Any person having charge, care, management or control of
any building or part of it in which dwelling units or commercial,
business or office units are let. For the purpose of this definition,
a real estate agent collecting the rent shall be presumed to be an
operator. Such presumption shall be overcome if said rental agent,
within five days receipt of notice of alleged violation, advises the
Property Inspector, in writing, that he has no authority to spend
money to alter, improve, manage or repair the premises involved and
gives the correct name and address of his principal.
OWNER
Any person who alone, jointly or severally with others, holds
legal or equitable title to any building, equipment or premises as
defined in this section. Beneficiaries under any trust or estate shall
not be deemed to hold legal or equitable title to any premises.
PERSON
Any individual firm, corporation, association or partnership
or any other legal entity.
PLUMBING CODE
The Plumbing Code of the Township of Concord and all rules
and regulations adopted thereunder.
PLUMBING or PLUMBING FIXTURES
Water-heating facilities, water pipes, garbage disposal units,
waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories,
bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes-washing machines, catch
basins, drains, pumps, vents and other similar supplied fixtures,
together with all connections to water or sewer lines.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings and
structures thereon, including the yard as defined hereinafter.
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE
The 2009 Edition of the International Property Maintenance
Code.
[Amended 5-10-2011 by Ord. No. 336]
PROPERTY SAFETY OFFICER
The Township employee or consultant designated by the Board
of Supervisors to implement this chapter.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling or part thereof containing more than one rooming
unit in which space is let to one or more persons.
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
Includes all solid wastes having combustibles and noncombustibles,
such as cans and bottles, exclusive of garbage.
STORAGE (UNIT)
A building, structure, or portion thereof used for storage.
[Added 5-10-2011 by Ord. No. 336]
SUPPLIED
Installed, furnished or provided by the owner or operator
at his expense.
UNFIT UNIT
Any unit not in accordance with the minimum standards of
this Code.
UNSAFE
Structurally unsafe or unsound, unstable, unsanitary, inadequately
provided with exit facilities, constituting a fire or health hazard,
unsuitable or improper for use or occupancy, constituting a hazard
to health or safety or public morals because of inadequate maintenance,
dilapidation, obsolescence or abandonment or otherwise dangerous to
life or property.
YARD
All grounds, lawns, courts, walks, driveways or other open
space constituting part of the same premises as a dwelling, and is
includable in the definition of "premises."