For purposes of this Part 6, the following words shall have
the following meanings:
An improved or vacant property which meets or exceeds a point value of 100 points as set forth within Article XVIII of this chapter.
A list containing properties within the Town which possess
an accumulation of blight conditions equaling or exceeding a point
value of 100 points.
An official charged with the enforcement and/or administration
of this Part 6.
Any mark on the face or surface of, disfigurement, injury,
damage or alteration to the appearance of the property without the
express permission of the owner or person or entity in control thereof.
Extreme disrepair such that a structure or dwelling unit
or commercial space is unfit or unsafe for habitation or occupancy.
Any inscription, mark or design which has been written, etched,
scratched, painted or drawn or otherwise visible upon a premises.
An unregistered motor vehicle not suitable for operation.
Occupancy that exists by virtue of fee ownership, a bona
fide lease agreement, a rent receipt or, if necessary, a utility statement,
and which occupancy is in compliance with federal, state local laws,
local zoning, local housing, and all other pertinent rules, regulations
and codes.
An area of the Town of Riverhead defined by its residents
and its distinctive characteristics.
An annual fee imposed upon properties which are listed on
the Blighted Property Inventory List.
A legal and binding agreement between the Town and a given
property owner, wherein said property owner proposes to complete specific
repairs and/or improvements in order to resolve conditions existing
on his or her property as identified by a code enforcement official
in accordance with the definition of "blighted property." Such repairs
and/or improvements shall be outlined on an explicitly fixed timeline
and as such will be offered a full exemption from the annual registration
fee outlined in § 217-112D. The AICP Building and Planning
Administrator shall have the authority, on behalf of the Town, to
execute such restoration agreement.
Any space within a building that is or can be rented by or
to a single person or entity for his/her/its sole use and is intended
to be a single and distinct space.
A period of 60 days or longer during which a building or
structure, or part thereof, or land is not legally occupied.
A parcel of land with no structure(s) thereon.
