The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of all sections of this chapter:
APPROVED Approved by or in accordance with regulations under the Village Code, enforced and interpreted by the Building Inspector or others as indicated elsewhere in this chapter.
BASEMENT A story the floor line of which is below grade at any exit and the ceiling of which is not more than five feet above grade at any entrance or exit.
BATHROOM A room containing a bathtub, toilet and lavatory basin.
BEDROOM A habitable room within the dwelling unit which is used or intended to be used primarily for the purpose of sleeping, with a door to ensure privacy, but shall not include any kitchen or dining room.
BUILDING INSPECTOR The legally designated authority of the Village of Shorewood or his authorized representative charged with the responsibility of enforcing the provisions of Chapter
225, Building Construction, and Chapter
535, Zoning, of the Village Code and the applicable laws of the State of Wisconsin.
CELLAR Deemed as identical to "basement."
COMMUNAL Used or shared by or intended to be used or shared by occupants of two or more dwelling units.
DINING ROOM A habitable room used or intended to be used for the purpose of eating, but not for cooking or the preparation of meals.
DUPLEX A structure with two dwelling units.
DWELLING Any building or structure, except temporary housing, which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants, and includes any appurtenances attached thereto.
DWELLING UNIT A suite of habitable rooms occupied by or intended to be occupied by not more than one family as a residence.
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; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, or trapping; or any other approved pest extermination methods.
FAMILY As defined in Chapter
535, Zoning, §
535-6; however, the provisions of this chapter that are not inconsistent with that definition shall apply to the maximum number of persons that may reside in a dwelling unit.
[Amended 2-25-2008 by Ord. No. 1935]
FENCE A barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
[Added 4-15-2013 by Ord. No. 2020]
FLOOR AREA The net area of any floor space enclosed by exterior walls, fire walls or absolute fire separation, exclusive of open spaces.
GARBAGE Animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of food, including spoiled food and all other combustible material.
HABITABLE ROOM A room or enclosed floor area used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, toilet rooms, laundries, pantries, foyers, communicating corridors, closets, storage space, stairways and utility rooms for mechanical equipment for service in the building or other similar spaces not used by persons frequently or during extended periods. Such habitable rooms shall contain not less than 70 square feet of floor area. In computing floor areas, only that area having a ceiling height as prescribed by the Wisconsin Uniform Building Code shall be considered habitable.
HOTEL, MOTEL or MOTOR HOTEL A series of attached, semiattached or detached rooming units which may be located in a single building or structure, with separate entrances, operated as a single business, containing individual sleeping units with bathrooms and closet space, designed for or used by automobile tourists and transients, and shall include tourist courts, auto courts, motor inns and motor lodges, with convenient access to a parking space for the use of the units' occupants and direct and convenient access to a traveled road, and maintained and rented to the public as accommodations for auto tourists and transients by the day, week or month.
INFESTATION The presence of any insects, rodents or other pests within a dwelling or in the dwelling premises.
KITCHEN A habitable room within a dwelling unit used for cooking or the preparation of meals.
KITCHEN SINK A sink of a size and design adequate for the purpose of washing eating and drinking utensils in the kitchen, properly connected with a cold-water line and a hot-water line.
LAVATORY BASIN A hand-washing basin which is properly connected with both hot- and cold-water lines and which is separated and distinct from a kitchen sink.
LIVING ROOM A habitable room within a dwelling unit which is used or intended to be used primarily for general living.
MULTIPLE DWELLING Any building or structure containing three or more dwelling units, or a building or structure containing one or more dwelling units in combination with a nonresidential use.
NURSING HOME Any place which is devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the care of the elderly, chronically ill, infirm individuals or incurable persons, or a place of rest for those persons suffering bodily disorders, in which three or more persons, not members of the family residing on the premises, are received and provided with food, shelter and care, but such facilities shall not include hospitals, clinics, diagnostic treatment centers or other like uses.
OCCUPANT Any person over six months of age, including an owner, tenant or operator, living, sleeping or cooking in, or having actual possession of, a dwelling, dwelling unit, hotel, motel, hotel unit, motel unit or rooming unit.
OPERATOR Any person who has charge, care, custody or control of any building in which dwelling units are offered for rent or occupancy, or any premises or part thereof which is offered for rent.
OWNER Any person who alone or jointly or severally with others:
(1) Shall have legal or equitable title to any premises upon which no structures have been erected or upon which nondwelling structures are present, or has legal or equitable title to any dwelling, dwelling unit, hotel, motel, hotel unit, motel unit or rooming unit; or
(2) Shall have charge, care or control of premises upon which no structures have been erected, or upon which nondwelling structures are present, or has charge, care or control of any dwelling, dwelling unit or hotel, motel, hotel unit, motel unit or rooming unit, as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner.
PERSON Includes any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
PLUMBING Includes all gas pipes, waste pipes, water pipes, water closets, sinks, lavatories, bathtubs, catch basins, drains, vents and any other provided fixtures together with the connections to the water, sewer or gas lines.
PREMISES Any platted lot or part thereof, or unplatted lot or parcel of land or plot of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any dwelling or nondwelling structure.
ROOMER An occupant, transient or permanent, of a rooming unit or 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 rooms in which space is let by the owner or operator to more than two roomers.
STRUCTURE As specifically regulated by this chapter, anything which is constructed or erected and which is fastened, anchored or rests on a permanent foundation or on the ground for any occupancy or use whatsoever.
[Added 4-15-2013 by Ord. No. 2020]
SUPPLIED Paid for, furnished, provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
TEMPORARY HOUSING Any tent, trailer or other structure used for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to another structure or to any utility system on the same premises.
TOILET A water closet with a bowl and trap, which is of such shape and form and which holds a sufficient quantity of water so that no waste will collect on the surface of the bowl, and which is equipped with flushing rims which permit the bowl to be properly flushed and scoured when water is discharged through flushing rims.
TOILET ROOM Any room containing an approved toilet and lavatory basin.