The following
definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this
chapter:
ADMINISTRATOR
A person, either the operator of a nursing home or one assigned
by the operator of a nursing home, who is directly responsible for
the daily operation of, the supervision of employees in, and the care
of patients in a nursing home.
APPROVED
Approved by or in accordance with regulations established
by the Village Board.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building which is partly or wholly below
the exterior ground level where said ground level comes in contact
with the exterior walls of said building.
BATH
A bathtub or shower stall.
BEDROOM
A habitable room within a dwelling unit which is used, or
intended to be used, primarily for the purpose of sleeping, but shall
not include any kitchen or dining room.
DWELLING
Any building or structure which is wholly or partly used
or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
DWELLING UNIT
Any habitable room or group of adjoining habitable rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking, and eating of meals, and has the equipment and facilities as required by §
253-6.
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; and/or by poisoning,
spraying, fumigating, trapping or any other approved pest elimination
methods.
FAMILY
One adult occupant plus one or more persons who are legally
related to said occupant as husband or wife, son or daughter, mother
or father, brother or sister, mother-in-law or father-in-law.
HABITABLE ROOM
A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used
for living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms,
toilet rooms, laundries, pantries, foyers, communicating corridors,
closets, storage spaces, and stairways, and rooms used for play or
recreational purposes.
INFESTATION
The presence of any insects, rodents, or other pests within
a dwelling or on the dwelling premises.
INSPECTOR
The Health Inspector, Building Inspector, Code and Safety
Enforcement Coordinator, Fire Chief or his designee or a law enforcement
officer.
KITCHEN
A habitable room used or intended to be used for cooking
or the preparation of meals.
LIVING ROOM
A habitable room within a dwelling unit which is used or
intended to be used primarily for general living purposes.
NURSING HOME
A dwelling or part thereof within which shelter, meals and
nursing care are supplied as defined in Ch. DHS 132, Wis. Adm. Code.
NURSING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit
used or intended to be used for sleeping by patients or the provision
of bedside nursing care to patients within a nursing home.
OCCUPANT
Any person, including an owner or operator, living, sleeping,
or cooking in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit, rooming
unit, or nursing unit.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a building
or part thereof in which dwelling units, rooming units or nursing
units are let.
OWNER
Any person who alone or jointly or severally with others
shall have legal title or equitable title to any dwelling, dwelling
unit, rooming unit or nursing unit, including a person acting as personal
representative, administrator, trustee, or guardian of the estate
of the owner.
PATIENT
A person suffering from infirmities of old age or illness
or physical disability.
PLUMBING
All of the following facilities and equipment: water pipes,
garbage disposal units, waste pipes, vent pipes, toilets, sinks, installed
dishwashers, lavatories, baths, installed clothes washing machines,
catch basins, drains, vents, domestic hot water heaters, and any other
similar fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or
gas lines.
PREMISES
A platted lot or part thereof, or unplatted lot or parcel
of land, or plot of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any dwelling
or structure.
ROOMER
An occupant of a rooming house who is not a member of the
family of the operator of that rooming house, and shall also mean
an occupant of a dwelling unit who is not a member of the family occupying
the dwelling unit.
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 roomers, except hotels and tourist rooming houses
licensed by the Department of Health Services.
ROOMING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit in a rooming house used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not equipped for the cooking or eating of meals as required by §
253-6, and not intended for such use by the operator of said rooming house.
SUPPLIED
Paid for, furnished, provided by, or under the control of
the owner or operator.