For the purposes of this chapter, the following words
and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them
by this section:
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE
A detached structure which is not used or not intended to
be used for living or sleeping by human occupants and which is located
on the same premises with a dwelling.
[Added 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
APPROVED
As defined and specified by the Director of Zoning and Code
Enforcement in rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the provisions
of this chapter.
BASEMENT
That story of a building or dwelling located partly underground,
but having less than half its clear floor-to-ceiling height below
the average grade of the adjoining ground, as measured from finished
floor to finished ceiling.
CELLAR
A portion of a building or dwelling located partly or wholly
underground and having half or more than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling
height below the average grade of the adjoining ground, as measured
from finished floor to finished ceiling.
CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM
A single system supplying heat to one or more dwelling unit(s)
or more than one rooming unit.
[Added 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
DORMITORY
A room or group of rooms in a dwelling used for living and
sleeping purposes by four or more persons.
[Added 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
DWELLING
Any building or part thereof which is wholly or partly used
or intended to be used for living and sleeping by one or more occupants.
A "dwelling" may include one or more dwelling units or rooming units
or a combination of both, provided that temporary housing, as hereinafter
defined, shall be regarded as a "dwelling."
[Amended 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
DWELLING PREMISES
The land and auxiliary buildings thereon used or intended
to be used in connection with the dwelling.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms within a dwelling, and forming
a single and separate habitable unit with facilities which are used
or intended to be used for living, sleeping and regular cooking and
eating.
FAMILY
One adult person plus one or more persons who are legally
related to said person and residing in the same dwelling unit with
said person.
[Added 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
FLOOR SPACE
The horizontally projected floor area inside of and between
exterior walls or partitions or any combination thereof, as measured
within a habitable room exclusive of that portion of the habitable
room which does not have a ceiling height of at least four feet.
GUEST
Any person who shares a dwelling unit in a nonpermanent status
for not more than 30 days.
[Added 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
HABITABLE ROOM
A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used
for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, and excluding bathrooms,
toilet rooms or compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers or communicating
corridors, closets and storage space.
HOUSEHOLD
A family and/or one or more unrelated persons, including
servants and not more than two boarders, who share the same dwelling
and use some or all of its cooking and eating facilities.
[Added 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
INFESTATION
The presence within or around a dwelling or dwelling premises
of rodents, vermin or other pests.
LEAD PAINT
Any pigmented, liquid substances applied to surfaces by brush,
roller or spray in which the total nonvolatile ingredients contain
more than 1% of lead, by weight, calculated as metallic lead.
[Added 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
OCCUPANT
Any person over one year of age, living, sleeping, cooking
or eating in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming
unit.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a multiple
dwelling or rooming house in which dwelling units or rooming units
are let or offered for occupancy.
OWNER
Any person who, alone, jointly, severally or jointly and
severally with others:
(1)
Shall have legal or record title to any dwelling
or dwelling premises; or
(2)
Shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling
or dwelling premises as agent of the owner, executor, administrator,
trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner.
PLUMBING
Includes all of the following supplied facilities, equipment
and devices: gas pipes, water pipes, toilets, lavatories, sinks, laundry
tubs, installed dishwashers, garbage disposal units, installed clothes-washing
machines, catch basins, wash basins, bathtubs, shower baths, waste
and sewer pipes, cesspools, septic tanks, drainage fields, drains,
vents, traps and any other gas-burning or water-using fixtures and
appliances, together with all connections to water, waste and sewer
or gas pipes.
PROPER or PROPERLY
As defined and specified herein or in rules and regulations
adopted pursuant hereto. When not so defined or specified, such terms
shall mean in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Code
and other ordinances of the City.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling, including hotels, motels and boardinghouses
or part thereof, which contains one or more rooming units, and in
which space is occupied or intended to be occupied by five or more
persons who are not husband or wife, son or daughter, mother or father,
or sister or brother of the owner or operator.
TEMPORARY HOUSING
Any tent, trailer, mobile home or any other structure used
for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and is not
attached to the ground, to another structure or to any utility system
on the same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.
[Added 10-25-1973 by Ch. No. 1424]
TYPE A ROOMING UNIT
A single and separate habitable unit, consisting of not more
than two rooms within a rooming house, with facilities which are used
or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating, but
which does not have a private toilet and either a private bathtub
or shower bath.
TYPE B ROOMING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms which form a single and separate
habitable unit, which is used or intended to be used for living and
sleeping, but not for cooking, within a rooming house which contains
a community kitchen in which meals may be prepared by the occupants.
[Amended 7-25-1996 by Ch. No. 2420]
TYPE C ROOMING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms which form a single and separate
habitable unit within a rooming house, used or intended to be used
for living and sleeping, but not for cooking.