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.