Applied Meaning Of Words And Terms.
ADMINISTRATOR
The City Administrator of the City of Fenton.
[Ord. No. 3847, 8-23-2018]
APPEALS BOARD
The Board of Adjustment of the City sitting as the Building
Code Appeals Board.
APPROVED
Approved by Code Official or by another regulating authority,
if applicable.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building which is partly or completely
below grade.
BUILDING
Any covered structure permanently affixed to land and designed
or used to shelter persons, chattels or property.
BUILDING CODE
All of the technical codes officially adopted by the City
in Title V ("Building And Construction") of this Code or other such
codes officially designated by the Board of Aldermen for the regulation
of construction, alteration, addition, repair, removal, demolition,
use, location, occupancy and maintenance of structures.
CODE OFFICIAL
The Director or any duly authorized representative of the
Director.
[Ord. No. 3847, 8-23-2018]
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE
Any motor vehicle or trailer which is designed, maintained
or used primarily for the transportation of property or which is used
primarily for the transportation of passengers for hire, including,
but not limited to, tow trucks, dump trucks, flat-bed trucks, stake-bed
trucks, step vans, refuse or garbage trucks, buses, semi-trailers,
truck-tractors, or any motor vehicle or trailer having a gross vehicle
weight rating (GVWR) in excess of fourteen thousand (14,000) pounds.
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT
Any equipment primarily used for commercial construction
purposes, including, but not limited to, tractors, backhoes, blades,
buckets, bulldozers, compactors, crane scrapers, excavators and front-end
loaders.
DANGEROUS STRUCTURE
All structures deemed unsafe, unsanitary or dangerous to
the health, morals, safety or general welfare of the people of this
City because of any or all of the following characteristics:
1.
Those whose interior walls or other
vertical structural members list, lean or buckle to such an extent
that a plumb line passing through the center of gravity falls outside
of the middle third of its base;
2.
Those which, exclusive of the foundation,
show thirty-three percent (33%) or more of damage or deterioration
of the supporting member or members or fifty percent (50%) of damage
or deterioration of the non-supporting enclosing or outside wall or
covering;
3.
Those which have improperly distributed
loads upon the floors or roofs or in which the same are overloaded
or which have insufficient strength to be reasonably safe for the
purpose used;
4.
Those which have been damaged by
fire, wind or other causes so as to have become dangerous to life,
safety, morals or the general health and welfare of the occupants
or the people of the City;
5.
Those which have become or are so
dilapidated, decayed, unsafe, unsanitary or which so utterly fail
to provide the amenities essential to decent living that they are
unfit for human habitation, or are likely to cause sickness or disease,
so as to work injury to the health, morals, safety or general welfare
of those living therein;
6.
Those having light, air and sanitation
facilities which are inadequate to protect the health, morals, safety
or general welfare of human beings;
7.
Those having inadequate facilities
for egress in case of fire or panic or those having insufficient stairways,
elevators, fire escapes or other means of communications;
8.
Those which have parts thereof which
are so attached that they may fall and injure members of the public
or property; and/or
9.
Those which, because of their condition,
are unsafe, unsanitary or dangerous to the health, morals, safety
or general welfare of the people of this City.
DIRECTOR
The Community Development Director of the City.
DWELLING
Any building or portion thereof used exclusively for human
habitations, except hotels, motels or house trailers.
DWELLING UNIT
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities
for one (1) or more persons including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
DWELLING, MULTI-FAMILY
A building or portion thereof containing more than two (2)
dwelling units and not classified as a one- or two-family dwelling.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS
The open space on the premises and on adjoining property
under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
EXTERMINATION
The control and elimination of insects, rodents, or other
pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making
inaccessible materials that serve as their food; by poison spraying,
fumigating, trapping, or by any other approved pest elimination methods.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
IMMINENT DANGER
A condition which could cause serious or life-threatening
injury or death at any time.
INFESTATION
The presence, contiguous to a structure or premises of insects,
rodents, vermin or other pests.
LET FOR OCCUPANCY OR LET
To permit possession or occupancy of a dwelling, dwelling
unit, rooming unit, or structure by a person who shall be legal owner
or not be the legal owner of record thereof, pursuant to a written
or unwritten lease, agreement or license, or pursuant to a recorded
or unrecorded agreement of contract for the sale of land.
MAINTENANCE
Acts of repair and other acts to prevent a decline in the
condition of grounds and structures, such that the condition does
not fall below the standards established by this Code and other applicable
Statutes, Codes, and ordinances.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Any self-propelled vehicle not operated exclusively upon
tracks, except farm tractors and motorized bicycles or commercial
vehicle or off-road vehicle as defined herein. For purposes of this
Chapter a recreational vehicle, as defined herein, is included in
all regulations relating to motor vehicles.
OCCUPANT
Any person living and/or sleeping in a dwelling unit or having
possession of a space within a building.
OFF-ROAD VEHICLE
Any camper, travel trailer, boat trailer or other trailer;
or any boat, golf cart, dune buggy, snowmobile, all-terrain vehicle
(ATV), utility vehicle (UTV), or any similar motor vehicle not primarily
used or designed for ordinary day-to-day transportation on public
streets.
OPENABLE AREA
That part of a window or door which is available for unobstructed
ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure
or premises which is let for occupancy.
OWNER
Any person or persons in whom is vested an interest in the premises as shown by the land records located in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in and for St. Louis County, Missouri. For purposes of this Chapter
505, the term "owner" shall also include any person(s) efor operator known to the City and who is recognized in equity as the owner of the property, because the real and beneficial use and title belong to that person or operator, although the bare legal title as shown by the conveyancing records in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of St. Louis County, Missouri, remains in another. For purposes of enforcing the provisions of this Chapter
505, the City may, at its option, proceed against the legal or equitable interest in said premises, or against both said interests.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, unincorporated association, corporation,
fraternal or religious organization or any other group acting as a
unit.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land including the structures thereon.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
Includes the following:
1.
The physical condition, or use of
any premises regarded as a public nuisance at common law; or
2.
Any physical condition, use or occupancy
of any premises or its appurtenances considered an attractive nuisance
to children, including, but not limited to, abandoned wells, shafts,
basements, excavations and unsafe fences or structures; or
3.
Any premises which has unsanitary
sewerage facilities; or
4.
Any premises designated as unsafe
for human habitation or use; or
5.
Any premises which is manifestly
capable of being a fire hazard, or are manifestly unsafe or unsecured
as to endanger life, limb or property; or
6.
Any premises which the required precautions
against trespassers have not been provided; or
7.
Any premises which is unsanitary,
or which is littered with rubbish or garbage, or which has an uncontrolled
growth of weeds, or;
8.
Any structure that is in a state
of dilapidation, deterioration or decay; faulty construction; open,
vacant or abandoned; damaged by fire to the extent as not to provide
shelter, in danger of collapse or failure and dangerous to anyone
on or near the premises; or;
9.
Any premises found to be harboring, causing or permitting a nuisance as set forth in Chapter
215 of this Code.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLE (RV)
A motor vehicle equipped with living quarters and amenities
found in a home. Touring buses are considered recreational vehicles
for purposes of this Chapter.
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 non-combustible 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, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust and other similar
materials.
SEMI-TRAILER
Any vehicle of the trailer type so designed and used in conjunction
with a self-propelled towing vehicle (such as a "tractor," "truck
tractor" or "truck-tractor" as defined in Section 301.010, RSMo.)
where a considerable part of trailer's own weight rests upon and is
carried by the towing vehicle.
STRUCTURE
That which is built or constructed, including without limitation
because of enumeration, buildings for any occupancy or use whatsoever,
fences, signs, billboards, fire escapes, chute escapes, railings,
water tanks, towers, open grade steps, sidewalks or stairways, tents
or anything erected and framed of component parts which is fastened,
anchored or rests on a permanent foundation or on the ground.
TRAILER
Any vehicle without power designed for carrying property
or passengers on its own structure and for being drawn by a self-propelled
vehicle. The term "trailer" shall not include the following: Cotton
trailers as defined in Section 301.010(8), RSMo.; Manufactured homes
as defined in Section 700.010, RSMo.; and semi-trailers as defined
herein.
WORKMANLIKE
Whenever the words "workmanlike state of maintenance and
repair" are used in this Code, they shall mean that such maintenance
and repair shall be made in a reasonably skillful manner.
YARD
An open unoccupied space on the same lot with a building
extending along the entire length of street, or rear or interior lot
line.