The following
terms, wherever used or referred to in this article, shall have the
following respective meanings, which definitions shall apply in the
interpretation and enforcement of this article unless a different
meaning clearly appears from the context:
BASEMENT
A portion of a building located partly underground but having
less than half its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average
grade of the adjoining ground.
BOARD OF CODE APPEALS
The legally designated person or persons appointed by the
Borough Council and authorized to hear appeals.
BOROUGH
Borough of Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
BOROUGH COUNCIL
The duly elected members of the Borough Council of the Borough
of Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania.
CELLAR
A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground
and having half or more than half of its floor-to-ceiling height below
the average grade of the surrounding ground.
CODE OFFICIAL
Such person or persons as may be designated by the Borough
Council of the Borough of Ambridge and authorized to enforce the provisions
of this article.
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, together with the means of ingress
or egress thereto, 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.
DWELLING UNIT FOR HUMAN HABITATION
Any dwelling which, by reason of overcrowding or serious
deficiencies in drainage, plumbing, water supply, light, heat, ventilation,
floor area and rodent or pest control facilities or by reason of dilapidation,
disrepair or other similar conditions, or because of the need for
major repairs to the roofs, walls, ceilings, floors, stairs or other
parts of the dwelling, is unsanitary or unsafe and constitutes a serious
hazard to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants of the dwelling
or to the public.
EXTERMINATION
The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other
pests by elimination their harborage places; by removing or making
inaccessible materials that may serve as food; by poisoning, spraying,
fumigating, trapping or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination
methods approved by the Health Officer.
GARBAGE
Animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food.
HABITABLE ROOM
A room or enclosed floor space used for or intended to be
used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms,
water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, communicating corridors,
closets and storage places.
INFESTATION
The presence, within or around a building, of any insects,
rodents or other pests.
OCCUPANTS
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 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 or as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee
or guardian of the estate of the owners. Any such person thus representing
the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this
article to the same extent as if he were the owner.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
PLUMBING
Includes all of the following supplied facilities and equipment:
gas pipes, gas-burning and oil-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage
disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers,
lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes-washing and
clothes-drying machines, catch basins, drains, vents and any similar
supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or
gas lines.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY
The Borough, the Borough Planning Commission, the Beaver
County Redevelopment Authority, the Housing Authority of the County
of Beaver, or any of their authorized officers or employees; or any
officer, employee or agent who is in charge of any department or branch
of the government of the Borough or of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
and County of Beaver relating to health, fire, building or zoning
regulations or other activities concerning dwellings or buildings
in the Borough.
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.
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 burning wood, coal, coke
and other combustible materials, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood,
excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans,
metals, mineral matter, glass and crockery.
STRUCTURES
Buildings of all kinds, including partial and incomplete
buildings and foundations, trailers of all kinds and all mobile habitable
units, with or without wheels.
SUBSTANDARD STRUCTURE
One which by reason of structural defects, dilapidation,
lack of sanitary facilities, light or ventilation, overcrowding, faulty
design or a combination of these conditions is detrimental to the
health, safety and morals of the occupants and of the general public.
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 attached to
the ground, to another structure, or to any utilities system on the
same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.