The following terms, whenever used herein or referred to in this
code, shall have the respective meanings assigned to them, unless
a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A structure, the use of which is incidental to that of the
main building and which is attached thereto or located on the same
premises.
BASEMENT or CELLAR
Any floor, any portion of which is more than 24 inches below
the adjacent grade level.
BUILDING
A combination of materials to form a construction adapted
to permanent or continuous occupancy or use for public, institutional,
residence, business or storage purposes.
DETERIORATION
The condition or appearance of a building or part thereof
characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling,
rusting or other evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance
or excessive use or the like.
DWELLING
Any structure designed for use by human occupants for sleeping
and living purposes, whether occupied or vacant, except that the foregoing
shall not apply to hotels as defined in N.J.S.A. 29:1-11.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
All officials, officers or employees entrusted with the enforcement
of the provisions of this code.
EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW
Any premises or any part thereof or any building or any part
thereof which my be lawfully viewed by the public or any members thereof
from a sidewalk, street, alleyway, licensed open-air parking lot or
from any adjoining or neighboring premises.
EXTERIOR OF THE PREMISES
Those portions of a building which are exposed to the public
view and the open space of any premises outside of any building erected
thereon.
FIRE HAZARD
Any thing or any act which increases or may cause an increase
of the hazard or menace of fire to a greater degree than customarily
recognized as normal by persons in the public service of preventing,
suppressing or extinguishing fire or which may obstruct, delay or
hinder or may become the cause of an obstruction, a delay, a hazard
or a hindrance to the prevention, suppression or extinguishment of
fire. (See also "nuisance.")
GARBAGE
Putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the
handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food. (See also
"refuse" and "rubbish.")
INFESTATION
The presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on
the premises which constitute a health hazard.
NUISANCE
(1)
Any public nuisance known at common law or in equity jurisprudence
or as provided by the statutes of the State of New Jersey or the ordinances
of the Borough of Somerdale.
(2)
Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to the health
or safety of children, whether in a building, on the premises of a
building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes but is not limited
to abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations, abandoned iceboxes,
refrigerators, motor vehicles, any structurally unsound fences or
structures, lumber, trash, fences, debris or vegetation such as poison
ivy, oak or sumac, all of which may prove a hazard for inquisitive
minors.
(3)
Physical conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to
health of persons on or near the premises where the conditions exist.
(4)
Insufficient ventilation or illumination in violation of this
code.
(5)
Inadequate or unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities in violation
of Borough ordinances.
(6)
Unsanitary conditions or anything offensive to the senses or
dangerous to health in violation of this code.
(7)
Whatever renders air, food or drink unwholesome or detrimental
to the health of human beings.
OCCUPANT
Any person living, sleeping, occupying or having actual possession
of a premises or a part thereof.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a premises
or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent
of the owner.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without
accompanying actual possession thereof, or shall have charge, care
of control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner or agent of the
owner or as fiduciary, including but not limited to executor, executrix,
administrator, administratrix, trustee, receiver or guardian of the
estate or as a mortgagee in possession, regardless of how such possession
was obtained. Any person who is a lessee subletting or reassigning
any part or all of any dwelling or dwelling unit shall be deemed to
be a co-owner with the lessor and/or assigned by said lessee.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or
structures thereon.
REFUSE
All putrscible and notputrescible solid wastes, except body
wastes, including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street
cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles and solid market and
industrial wastes. (See also "garbage" and "rubbish.")
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible
and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, tin
cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, grease, bedding, crockery and
similar materials. (See also "garbage" and "rubbish.")
STRUCTURE
A combination of any materials, whether fixed or portable,
forming a construction, including buildings.
VENTILATION
Supply and removal of air to and from any space by natural
or mechanical means.
WEATHERING
Deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the
elements.