As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
BASEMENT
That portion of a building which is partly or completely
below grade.
BATHROOM
A room containing plumbing fixtures including a bathtub or
shower.
CODE OFFICIAL
The official who is charged with the administration and enforcement
of this code, or any duly authorized representative.
CONDEMN
To adjudge unfit for occupancy.
DWELLING UNIT
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities
for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living,
sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY
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, rats 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 or vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
HABITABLE SPACE
Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking.
Bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces,
and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces.
IMMINENT HAZARD
A condition which could cause serious or life-threatening
injury or death at any time.
INFESTATION
The presence, within or contiguous to, a structure or premises
of insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
LABELED
Devices, equipment, appliances, or materials to which has
been affixed a label, seal, symbol or other identifying mark of a
nationally recognized testing laboratory, inspection agency or other
organization concerned with product evaluation that maintains periodic
inspection of the production of the above-labeled items and by whose
label the manufacturer attests to compliance with applicable nationally
recognized standards.
LET FOR OCCUPANCY or LET
To permit, provide or offer possession or occupancy of a
dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premises or structure
by a person who is or is not 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.
OCCUPANCY
The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized
or occupied.
OCCUPANT
Any individual living or sleeping in a building, or having
possession of a space within a building.
OPENABLE AREA
That part of a window, skylight 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 or offered for occupancy.
OWNER
Any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having a
legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official
records of the state, country or municipality as holding title to
the property; or otherwise having control of the property, including
the guardian of the estate of any such person, and the executor or
administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession
of real property by a court.
PERSON
An individual, corporation, partnership or any other group
acting as a unit.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land including any structures thereon.
ROOMING HOUSE
A building arranged or occupied for lodging, with or without
meals, for compensation and not occupied as a one- or two-family dwelling.
ROOMING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit
occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living, but not
for cooking purposes.
RUBBISH
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage;
the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal,
coke and other combustible materials, paper, rags, cartons, boxes,
excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans,
metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust and other similar
materials.
STRUCTURE
That which is built or constructed or a portion thereof.
TENANT
A person, corporation, partnership or group, whether or not
the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof
as a unit.
TOILET ROOM
A room containing a water closet or urinal but not a bathtub
or shower.
VENTILATION
The natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned
or unconditioned air to, or removing such air from any space.
WORKMANLIKE
Executed in a skilled maker; e.g., generally plumb, level,
square, in line, undamaged, and without marrying adjacent work.
YARD
An open space on the same lot with a structure.