Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall, for the purpose of this code, have the meanings indicated in this chapter:
A. 
Words used in the present tense include the future; words in the masculine gender include the feminine and person; the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.
B. 
Where terms are not defined in this code and are defined in the Uniform Construction Code or Chapter 233, Land Management, they shall have the same meanings ascribed to them as in those codes.
C. 
Where terms are not defined under the provisions of this code or under the provisions of the Uniform Construction Code or Chapter 233, Land Management, they shall have ascribed to them their ordinarily accepted meanings or such as the context herein may imply.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
APPROVED
As applied to a material, device or method of construction, shall mean approved by the Code Official under the provisions of this code or approved by other authority designated by law to give approval in the matter in question.
BLIGHTING
Any condition or use of the premises which is detrimental to the property of others or which causes or tends to cause substantial diminishment in the value of the other property in the neighborhood.
[Added 8-11-1987 by Ord. No. 869]
BUILDING CODE
The New Jersey Uniform Construction Code.
CODE OFFICIAL
The Construction Official, his agents or assistants.
CONDEMN
To adjudge unfit for use or occupancy.
CONDEMNATION
The act of condemning.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS
The open space on the premises and on adjoining property under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
INFESTATION
The presence, within or contiguous to a structure or premises, of rats, mice and roaches.
JUNKED VEHICLE
Any vehicle which is without a currently valid license plate or plates and is in either a rusted, wrecked, discharged, dismantled, partly dismantled, inoperative or abandoned condition. A "junked vehicle" shall be classified as to its condition in one of the two following categories. The Code Official shall make the final determination as to the classification to be assigned to any one particular vehicle.
A. 
RESTORABLEA junked vehicle that is in a condition whereby repairs to same could be made to place it in operating condition without exceeding the estimated value when repaired.
B. 
WRECKA junked vehicle in such condition that it is economically unsound to restore same to operating condition considering the repairs to be made, age of the vehicle, market value of the vehicle if it were restored or in such condition that the Code Officer in his opinion determines that it warrants such classification.
LET FOR OCCUPANCY or LET
To permit possession or occupancy of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building or structure by a person who shall be legal owner or not be the legal owner of record thereof, pursuant to a written or unwritten lease, agreement or licensee, or pursuant to a recorded or unrecorded agreement of contract for the sale of land.
MAINTENANCE
Conformance of a building and its facilities to the code under which the building was constructed.
OWNER
Any person, agent, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the property.
PERSON
Includes a corporation or co-partnership as well as an individual.
PREMISES
A lot, plot, parcel of land or any part thereof, including the buildings or structures thereon.
PUBLIC NUISANCE 
Includes the following:
A. 
The physical condition or use of any premises regarded as a public nuisance at common law;
B. 
Any physical condition, use or occupancy of any premises or its appurtenances considered an attractive nuisance, including but not limited to abandoned wells, shacks, basements, excavations, unsafe fences or structures, basements, abandoned refrigerators, appliances, motor vehicles, debris or noxious vegetation or weeds;
[Amended 8-11-1987 by Ord. No. 869]
C. 
Any premises designated as unsafe for human habitation or use;
D. 
Any premises which are manifestly capable of being a fire hazard or are manifestly unsafe or unsecure as to endanger life, limb or property;
E. 
Any premises which are unsanitary or which are littered with rubbish or garbage; or
F. 
Any structure or building that is in a state of dilapidation, deterioration or decay; faulty construction; open, vacant or abandoned; damaged by fire to the extent as not to provide shelter; in danger of collapse or failure; and is dangerous to anyone on or near the premises.
RENOVATION
A building and its facilities made to conform to present-day minimum standards of sanitation, fire and life safety.
RUBBISH
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage, and the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible materials, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, excelsior, rubber, leather, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and other similar materials.
STRUCTURE
That which is built or constructed, including, without limitation because of enumeration, buildings for any occupancy or use whatsoever, fences, signs, billboards, fire escapes, stairway, 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.
WORKMANLIKE
Whenever the words "workmanlike state of maintenance and repair" are used in this code, they shall mean that such maintenance and repair shall be made in a reasonably skillful manner.