A.
Words used in the present tense include the future tense.
B.
For the purposes of this chapter, the singular includes
the plural, and the plural includes the singular.
C.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, where terms are not
defined under the provisions of this chapter, they shall have ascribed to
them their ordinarily accepted meanings or such as the context may imply.
D.
Whenever the words "multifamily dwelling," "residence
building," "dwelling unit," "mobile home" or "premises" are used in this chapter,
they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any
part thereof."
E.
APPROVED AS APPLIED TO A MATERIAL, DEVICE OR METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
BASEMENT
BOARDINGHOUSE, LODGING HOUSE AND TOURIST HOMES
CELLAR
CENTRAL HEATING
CODE OFFICIAL
CONDEMN
DORMITORY
DWELLING UNIT
EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREA
EXTERMINATION
FAMILY
GARBAGE
HABITABLE SPACE
HOTEL --- Any building containing more than five guest rooms intended
or designed to be used or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied
or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests. INFESTATION
MAINTENANCE
MOBILE HOME
MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT HOUSE
OCCUPANT
ONE-FAMILY DWELLING
OPENABLE AREA
OPERATOR
OVERCROWDED
OWNER
PERSON
PLUMBING
PLUMBING FIXTURES
PREMISES
PUBLIC NUISANCE
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
RENOVATION
RESIDENCE BUILDING
ROOMING UNIT
RUBBISH
STRUCTURES
SUPPLIED
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
VENTILATION
WORKMANLIKE
YARD
For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall be applicable, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary:
Approved by the Building Inspector under the provisions of this chapter
or approved by other authority designated by law to give approval in the matter
in question.
That portion of a building which is partly below and partly above
grade and having at least 1/2 of its height above grade. (See "cellar").
A building where, for compensation and by prearrangement for definite
periods, lodging, meals or lodging and meals are provided for one or more
persons but containing no more than five guest rooms or rental units.
That portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade
and having at least 1/2 of its height below grade. (See "basement").
The heating system permanently installed and adjusted so as to provide
the distribution of heat to all habitable rooms, bathrooms and water closet
compartments from a source outside those rooms.
The Building Inspector of the Town of Millsboro.
To adjudge a building unfit for human habitation or residential use.
A building in which group sleeping accommodations are provided in
one room or in a series of closely associated rooms for persons not members
of the same family.
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for
a single family, including a mobile home, including permanent provisions for
living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
The open space on the premises and on adjoining property under the
control of owners or operators of such premises.
The control and elimination of insects, rats or other pests or vermin
by eliminating their harborage places by removing or making inaccessible materials
that may serve as their food by poison spraying, fumigating, trapping or by
any other approved pest elimination method.
An individual or two or more persons who are related by blood, marriage
or adoption, living together and occupying a single dwelling unit with single
culinary facilities, or a group of not more than four unrelated persons living
together by joint agreement and occupying a single housekeeping unit with
single culinary facilities on a nonprofit, cost-sharing basis. Domestic servants,
employed and residing on the premises, shall be considered as part of the
family.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food.
That space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking.
Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility space and
similar areas are not considered habitable space.
The presence, within or contiguous to a structure or premises, of
insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
The conformity of a building and its facilities to the provisions
of this chapter under which the building was constructed.
A one-family dwelling designed for transportation after fabrication
on streets and highways on its wheels or supported on other vehicles or trailers
but which is not self-propelled and arriving at the site where it is to be
occupied complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental
unpacking and assembly operations, supported on jacks or other foundations
and connected to utilities and the like.
A building or portion thereof containing more than two dwelling units
not classified as a one- or two-family dwelling.
Any person over one year of age, including owner or operator, living
and sleeping in a dwelling unit or having actual possession of said dwelling
or rooming unit.
A building containing a living unit designed and intended for use
by only one family.
That part of a window or door which is available for unobstructed
ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure or premises
which are let or offered for occupancy.
A dwelling when its occupancy exceeds the maximum number of persons
permitted by this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest
in the premises or any agent thereof.
Any individual, natural person, joint-stock company, partnership,
voluntary association, society, club, firm, company, corporation, business
trust, organization or any other group acting as a unit, or the manager, lessee,
agent, servant, partner, member, director, officer or employee of any of them,
including an executor, administrator, trustee, receiver or other representative
appointed according to law.
The labor, materials and fixtures used in the installation, maintenance,
extension and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances and appurtenances.
A receptacle or device which is either permanently or temporarily
connected to the water distribution of the premises and demands a supply of
water therefrom; or discharges used water, liquid-borne waste materials or
sewage, either directly or indirectly to the drainage system of the premises;
or which requires both a water supply connection and a discharge to the drainage
system of the premises.
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures
thereon.
Includes the following
The physical condition or use of the premises regarded as a public nuisance
at common law;
Any physical condition, use or occupancy of any premises or its appurtenances
considered an attractive nuisance to children, including but not limited to
abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations and unsafe fences or structures;
Any premises designated as having unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities;
[1]Any premises designated as unsafe for human habitation or use;
Any premises which are manifestly capable of being a fire hazard or
are manifestly unsafe or unsecure so as to endanger life, limb or property;
Any premises from which the plumbing, heating or other facilities required
by this chapter had been removed, or from which utilities, such as water,
sewer, gas and electricity, have been disconnected, distorted, removed or
rendered ineffective, or the required precautions against trespassers have
not been provided;
Any premises which are unsanitary or which are littered with garbage
or rubbish or which have an uncontrolled growth or weeds; or
Any building or structure that is in an advanced state of dilapidation,
deterioration or decay; faulty construction, overcrowded, open, vacant or
abandoned; damaged by fire to the extent that adequate shelter is not provided;
is in danger of collapse or structural failure and is dangerous to any one
upon or near the premises.
Work on a building and its facilities to make it conform to present-day
minimum standards of sanitation, fire and life safety.
A building in which sleeping accommodations, toilet, bathing and
cooking facilities as a unit are provided.
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or
intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating
purposes.
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage, and
including the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible
material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree
branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery
and dust and other similar materials.
That which is built or constructed, including, without limitation
because of enumeration, buildings for any occupancy or use whatsoever, including
fences, signs, billboards, fire escapes, chute escapes, railings, water tanks,
towers, open grade steps, sidewalks or stairways, tents or anything erected
and framed of component parts which is fastened, anchored or rests on a permanent
foundation or on the ground.
Installed, furnished or provided by the owner or operator.
A building containing two dwelling units designed for occupancy by
only two families.
The process of supplying and removing air by natural or mechanical
means to or from any space.
Maintenance and repair done in a reasonably skillful manner.
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with the building extending
along the entire length of the street, or rear or interior lot line.
