As used in this Article, the following definitions shall apply
in the interpretation and enforcement of this Article:
APPROVED
Constructed, installed and maintained in accordance with the provisions
of this Article and other pertinent ordinances or regulations of the Village
applicable therein.
BASEMENT
A story partly underground but having at least 1/2 of its height
above the average level of the adjoining ground. A "basement" shall be counted
as a story for the purposes of height measurement if vertical distance between
the ceiling and the average level of the adjoining ground is more than five
feet, and in no event shall a cellar or "basement" be considered a dwelling.
BUILDING
Any structure having a roof for the shelter, housing or enclosure
of persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind.
CELLAR
An enclosed space within the foundation walls of a building and having
more than 1/2 of its height below the average level of the adjoining ground.
DWELLING
A building designed or used as the living quarters for one or more
families. The terms "dwelling," "one-family dwelling," "two-family dwelling"
or "dwelling group shall not be deemed to include an automobile court, rooming
or tourist home.
DWELLING UNIT
A dwelling or portion thereof providing complete living facilities
for one family.
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The Superintendent of Inspectors or a person designated by a majority
of the Village Board of Trustees to carry out the duties of enforcement and
administration specified in this Article.
EXTERMINATION
The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests, by
eliminating their harborage places or by removing or making inaccessible materials
that may serve as their food, by any recognized and legal pest elimination
method approved by the enforcement officer.
GARBAGE
The animal, vegetable and mineral waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
GRADE
The natural surface of the ground or the surface of the ground after
completion of any change in contour, including the completed surfaces of lawns,
walks and roads, brought to grades as shown on official plans or designs relating
thereto.
HABITABLE ROOM
A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living,
sleeping, cooking, recreation or eating purposes, excluding stairways, bathrooms,
water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers, communicating corridors,
closets or storage spaces.
INFESTATION
The presence, within or around a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming
house, rooming unit or premises, of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests.
KITCHEN
Space which is 60 square feet or more in floor area, with a minimum
width of five feet, used in cooking or preparation of food and deemed habitable
space.
KITCHENETTE
Space which is less than 60 square feet in floor area, used for cooking
or preparation of food and not deemed habitable space.
OCCUPANT
Any person including an owner or operator living, sleeping, cooking
or eating in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or room in a rooming
house.
OPENABLE AREA
Any part of a window or door which is available for unobstructed
ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
OPERATOR
Any person having charge, care, management or control of any dwelling
or part of it, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
OWNER
Any person who, alone, jointly or severally with others, holds legal
or equitable title to any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house or rooming
unit.
PLUMBING
All of the following supplied facilities and equipment: Gas pipes,
gas-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water
closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths,
installed clothes-washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents and any other
similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or
gas lines.
PREMISES
A plotted lot or part thereof or unplotted lot or parcel of land
or plot of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any dwelling or nondwelling
structure, including the dwelling or structures thereon.
PUBLIC HALL
Any hall, corridor or passageway not within the exclusive control
of one family.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling or part thereof which contains one or more rooming units,
in which space is let by the occupant or owner to three or more persons not
directly related to him.
ROOMING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or
intended to be used for living or sleeping but not for cooking or eating purposes.
RUBBISH
All combustible and noncombustible waste, except garbage.
SUPPLIED
Paid for, furnished or provided by or under the control of the owner
or operator, their agents and/or representatives.
VENTILATION, NATURAL
Any ventilation by opening to outer air through windows, skylights,
doors, louvers or stacks, with or without winddriven devices.
WATER CLOSET
A toilet, with a bowl and trap, which is connected to the Village
water and sewerage system or to other approved water supply and sewerage system.