For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
shall be applicable, unless the context clearly indicates to the contrary:
BASEMENT
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").
BOARDINGHOUSE, LODGING HOUSE AND TOURIST HOMES
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.
CELLAR
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").
CENTRAL HEATING
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.
CONDEMN
To adjudge a building unfit for human habitation or residential use.
DORMITORY
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.
DWELLING UNIT
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.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREA
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 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.
FAMILY
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.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking and consumption of food.
HABITABLE SPACE
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.
MAINTENANCE
The conformity of a building and its facilities to the provisions
of this chapter under which the building was constructed.
MOBILE HOME
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.
MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT HOUSE
A building or portion thereof containing more than two dwelling units
not classified as a one- or two-family dwelling.
OCCUPANT
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.
ONE-FAMILY DWELLING
A building containing a living unit designed and intended for use
by only one family.
OPENABLE AREA
That part of a window 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 are let or offered for occupancy.
OVERCROWDED
A dwelling when its occupancy exceeds the maximum number of persons
permitted by this chapter.
OWNER
Any person, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest
in the premises or any agent thereof.
PERSON
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.
PLUMBING
The labor, materials and fixtures used in the installation, maintenance,
extension and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances and appurtenances.
PLUMBING FIXTURES
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.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures
thereon.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
Includes the following
(1)
The physical condition or use of the premises regarded as a public nuisance
at common law;
(2)
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;
(3)
Any premises designated as having unsanitary sewage or plumbing facilities;
(4)
Any premises designated as unsafe for human habitation or use;
(5)
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;
(6)
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;
(7)
Any premises which are unsanitary or which are littered with garbage
or rubbish or which have an uncontrolled growth or weeds; or
(8)
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.
RENOVATION
Work on a building and its facilities to make it conform to present-day
minimum standards of sanitation, fire and life safety.
RESIDENCE BUILDING
A building in which sleeping accommodations, toilet, bathing and
cooking facilities as a unit are provided.
ROOMING UNIT
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.
RUBBISH
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.
STRUCTURES
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.
SUPPLIED
Installed, furnished or provided by the owner or operator.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLING
A building containing two dwelling units designed for occupancy by
only two families.
VENTILATION
The process of supplying and removing air by natural or mechanical
means to or from any space.
WORKMANLIKE
Maintenance and repair done in a reasonably skillful manner.
YARD
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.