The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
ACCESSORY BUILDING
A subordinate building, attached or detached from the main
building, the use of which is incidental to that of the main building
and not used as a place of habitation.
BASEMENT
A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground.
BUILDING INSPECTOR
The legally designated Building Inspector of the City or
his authorized representative.
DWELLING
Any building which is wholly or partly used or intended to
be used for living or sleeping by human occupants; provided, however,
that temporary housing 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 and eating.
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 poisoning,
spraying, fumigating, or trapping; or by any other recognized and
legal pest elimination methods approved by the City inspector.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
HABITABLE ROOM
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, storage spaces, photographer's darkroom,
or other rooms designed for special uses where daylight is not desirable.
INFESTATION
The presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects,
rodents, or other pests of such kind or in such numbers as to cause
a hazard to health or to be a nuisance.
OCCUPANT
Any person over the age of four years, 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 building,
or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall have legal title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without
accompanying actual possession thereof; or shall have charge, care,
or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit, as owner or agent of
the owner.
PLUMBING
Includes all of the following facilities and equipment: gas
pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, water closets, sinks, garbage
disposal units, waste pipes, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs,
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.
ROOMING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms for a single habitable unit used
or intended to be used for living and sleeping but not for cooking
or eating purposes.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling containing one
or more rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator
to three or more persons who are not husband or wife, son or daughter,
mother or father, or sister or brother of the owner or operator.
RUBBISH
Includes, but is not limited to, combustible and noncombustible
waste materials, except garbage; and the term shall include the residue
from the burning of wood, coal, coke, and other combustible materials,
paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree
branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, minerals, materials, glass,
crockery, dust, refrigerators and iceboxes.
SUPPLIED
Paid for, furnished, or 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 affixed to
the ground, to another structure, or to any utilities system on the
same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.