Meanings.
The following terms, whenever used here or referred to in this
article shall have the respective meanings assigned to them unless
a different meaning clearly appears from the context:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
Shall mean 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.
BUILDING
Shall mean a combination of materials to form a construction
adapted to permanent or continuous occupancy or use for public, institutional,
residence, business or storage purposes, except buildings for farm
use relating to the Right to Farm Act.
DWELLING
Shall mean any building or structure or part thereof, used
and occupied for human habitation or intended to be used, and includes
any appurtenances belonging thereto or used therewith.
DWELLING UNIT
Shall mean a group of interrelated rooms intended or designed
for non-transient residential use of one family:
1.
Separated from the other spaces by lockable doors;
2.
Having access to the outside without crossing another dwelling;
3.
Having living and sleeping facilities.
4.
This room or group of rooms shall be considered a dwelling unit
if it has any of the following: (1) any cooking facilities fixed or
portable, or food refrigeration facilities; or (2) any sanitary facilities.
FIRE HAZARD
Shall be defined as follows:
1.
Any device or condition likely to cause fire and which is so
situated as to endanger either persons or property;
2.
The creation, maintenance or continuance of any physical condition
by reason of which there exists a use, accumulation or storage for
use of combustible or explosive material sufficient in the amount
or so located or in such a manner as to put in jeopardy, in event
of an ignition, either persons or property;
3.
The obstruction to or of fire escapes, ladders which may be
used as escapes, exits or windows, likely, in the event of fire, to
interfere with the operation of the fire department or of the safety
and ready egress of occupants.
MIXED OCCUPANCY
Shall mean any building containing one or more dwelling units
or rooming units and also having a portion thereof devoted to a non-dwelling
use or as a hotel.
NUISANCE
Shall mean:
1.
Any public nuisance known at public law or in equity jurisprudence,
or as provided by the statutes of the State of New Jersey or in the
ordinances of the Township of Union;
2.
Any condition which may prove detrimental to 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 ice boxes, refrigerators,
motor vehicles, any structurally unsound fences or structures, lumber,
trash, fences, debris or vegetation such as poison ivy, oak or sumac,
which may prove a hazard for inquisitive minors;
3.
Physical conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to
health of persons on or near premises where the conditions exist;
OCCUPANT
Shall mean any person living in, sleeping in or having actual
possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit, or any person using
or having actual possession of any nonresidential premises.
OPERATOR
Shall mean any person who has charge, care or control of
a dwelling or premises, or a part thereof, whether with or without
the knowledge or consent of the owner.
OWNER
Shall mean 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 or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner or agent
of the owner or as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix,
trustee, receiver or guardian of an estate or as a mortgagee in possession
regardless of how such possession was obtained. Any person who is
a lessee subletting or assigning any part or all of any dwelling or
dwelling unit shall be deemed to be a co-owner with the lessor and
shall have joint responsibility over the portion of the premises sublet
or assigned by said lessee.
PREMISES
Shall mean a lot, plot, or parcel of land including the structures
or buildings thereon.
PUBLIC OFFICER
Shall mean the officer who is authorized by this article
to exercise the powers prescribed for him.
PUBLIC VIEW
Shall mean any premises, or any part thereof, or any building
or any part thereof, which may be lawfully viewed by the public or
any member thereof, from a sidewalk, street, alleyway, parking lot,
or from any adjoining or neighboring premises.
REFUSE (SEE ALSO GARBAGE, RUBBISH)
Shall mean all putrescible and non-putrescible solid wastes
(except body wastes) including but not limited to: garbage, rubbish,
ashes, street cleanings, dead animals, abandoned automobiles, and
industrial waste.
RUBBISH (SEE ALSO GARBAGE, REFUSE)
Shall mean non-putrescible solid wastes consisting of both
combustible and non-combustible wastes such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes,
cardboard, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, bedding,
crockery and similar materials.
STRUCTURE
Shall mean anything constructed, assembled or erected, the
use of which requires location on the ground or underground or attachment
to something having location on or in ground, and shall include all
fences, walls, tanks, towers, advertising devices, bins, tents, lunch
wagons, trailers dining cars, camp cars, or similar structures on
wheel or other supports used for business or living purposes. This
includes any structure equipped with a roof, whether permanent or
temporary, such as porches, awnings, canopies, swimming pools, summer
houses, arbors, balconies and similar elements, fences and signs,
but does not include patios, at grade or unroofed surfaces prepared
for sports. The word "structure" shall not apply to utility services
entirely below the ground.
WEATHERING
Shall mean deterioration, decay, or damage caused by exposure
to the elements.