The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this code:
ACCESSORY BUILDING OR STRUCTURE
A detached building or structure in a secondary or subordinate capacity
from the main or principal building or structure on the same premises.
APPROVED
Approved by the local or state authority having such administrative
authority.
ASHES
The residue from the burning of combustible materials.
ATTIC
Any story situated wholly or partly within the roof, and designed,
arranged or built so as to be used for business, storage or habitation.
BASEMENT
The lowest story of a building, below the main floor and wholly or
partially lower than the surface of the ground.
BUILDING
A fixed construction with walls, foundation and roof, such as a house,
factory, garage, etc.
BULK CONTAINER
Any metal garbage, rubbish and/or refuse container having a capacity
of two cubic yards or greater and which is equipped with fittings for hydraulic
and/or mechanical emptying, unloading and/or removal.
CELLAR
A room or group of rooms totally below the ground level and usually
under a building.
CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEM
A single system supplying heat to one or more dwelling unit(s) or
more than one rooming unit.
CHIMNEY
A vertical masonry shaft of reinforced concrete, or other approved
noncombustible, heat-resisting material enclosing one or more flues, for the
purpose of removing products of combustion from solid, liquid or gaseous,
fuel.
COMPLIANCE OFFICER
The official designated herein or otherwise charged with the responsibilities
of administering this code, or his or her authorized representative.
DILAPIDATED
No longer adequate for the purpose or use for which it was originally
intended.
DWELLING
Any enclosed space wholly or partly used or intended to be used for
living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
DWELLING UNIT
A room or group of rooms located within a dwelling forming a single
habitable unit with facilities used or intended to be used for living, sleeping,
cooking and eating purposes.
EGRESS
An arrangement of exit facilities to assure a safe means of exit
from buildings.
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, trapping,
or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by
the local or state authority having such administrative authority.
FAIR MARKET VALUE
A price at which both buyers and sellers are willing to do business.
FAMILY
One or more individuals living together and sharing common living,
sleeping, cooking and eating facilities. (See also "household.")
FLUSH WATER CLOSET
A toilet bowl which is flushed with water which has been supplied
under pressure and equipped with a water-sealed trap above the floor level.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking, serving and nonconsumption of food.
GRADE
The finished ground level adjacent to a required window.
GUEST
An individual who shares a dwelling unit in a nonpermanent status
for not more than 30 days.
HABITABLE ROOM
A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living,
sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments,
laundries, furnace rooms, pantries, kitchenettes and utility rooms of less
than 50 square feet of floor space, foyers, or communicating corridors, stairways,
closets, storage spaces, and workshops, hobby and recreation areas.
HEATED WATER
Water heated to a temperature not less than the requirements in the
State of Connecticut State Building Code.
HEATING DEVICE
All furnaces, unit heaters, domestic incinerators, cooking and heating
stoves and ranges, and other similar devices.
HOUSEHOLD
One or more individuals living together in a single dwelling unit
and sharing common living, sleeping, cooking and eating facilities. (See also
"family.")
INFESTATION
The presence within or around a dwelling of any insects, rodents,
or other pests.
KITCHEN
Any room used for the storage of foods, preparation of foods and
containing any or all of the following equipment: sink and/or other device
for dishwashing, stove or other device for cooking, refrigerator or other
device for cool storage of food, cabinets, and/or shelves for storage of equipment
and utensils, and counter or table for food preparation.
KITCHENETTE
A small kitchen or an alcove containing cooking facilities.
LEAD-BASED PAINT
Any paint containing more lead than the level established by the
United States Consumer Product Safety Commission as being the "safe" level
of lead in residential paint and paint products.
OCCUPANT
Any individual other than an owner or a member of such owner's
household, over one year of age, living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in or
having possession of a rental dwelling, dwelling unit or a rooming unit.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care, control, or management of a building,
or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
ORDINARY SUMMER CONDITIONS
A temperature 10° F. below the highest recorded temperature in
the locality for the prior ten-year period.
ORDINARY WINTER CONDITIONS
A temperature 15° F. above the lowest recorded temperature in
the locality for the prior ten-year period.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others:
(1)
Shall have legal title to any premises, dwelling or dwelling unit, with
or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or
(2)
Shall have charge, care or control of any premises, dwelling or dwelling
unit, as owner or agent of the owner or an executor, administrator, trustee,
or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any such person thus representing
the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this code
and of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent
as if he or she were the owner, which premises, dwelling or dwelling unit
is used or offered for use as rental residential premises.
PERMISSIBLE OCCUPANCY
The maximum number of individuals permitted to reside in dwelling
unit or rooming unit.
PERSON
Includes any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership,
cooperative or governmental agency.
PLUMBING
Includes all of the following supplied facilities and equipment:
gas pipes, gas burning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste
pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs,
shower baths, installed clothes washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents,
and any other similar supplied fixtures, and the installation thereof, together
with all connections to water, sewer, septic systems or gas lines.
PREMISES
A 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, and includes any such building, accessory structure or other structure
thereon.
PRIVACY
The existence of conditions which will permit an individual or individuals
to carry out an activity commenced without interruption or interference, either
by sight or sound by unwanted individuals.
PROPERLY CONNECTED
Connected in accordance with all applicable codes and ordinances
of the Town of Old Saybrook and the State of Connecticut as from time to time
enforced; provided, however, that the application of this definition shall
not require the alteration or replacement of any connection in good working
order and not constituting a hazard to life or health.
RAT HARBORAGE
Any conditions or place where rats can live, nest or seek shelter.
RATPROOFING
A form of construction which will prevent the ingress or egress of
rats to or from a given space or building, or from gaining access to food,
water or harborage. It consists of the closing and keeping closed of every
opening in foundation, basements, cellars, exterior and interior walls, ground
or first floors, roofs, sidewalk gratings, sidewalk opening, and other places
that may be reached and entered by rats by climbing, burrowing or other methods,
by the use of materials impervious to rat gnawing and other methods approved
by the Board of Selectmen.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solids (except body wastes) including
garbage, rubbish, ashes and dead animals.
REFUSE CONTAINER
A watertight container that is constructed of metal, or other durable
material impervious to rodents, that is capable of being serviced without
creating unsanitary conditions, or such other containers as have been approved
by the Board of Selectmen. Openings into the container such as covers and
doors shall be tight-fitting.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling including hotels and motels, or that part of any dwelling
containing one or more rooming units in which persons either individually
or as families are housed with or without meals being 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 purposes.
RUBBISH
Nonputrescible solid wastes (excluding ashes) consisting of either:
(1)
Combustible wastes such as paper, cardboard, plastic containers, yard
clippings, and wood; or
(2)
Noncombustible wastes such as tin cans, glass and crockery.
SAFETY
The condition of being reasonably free from danger and hazards which
may cause accidents or disease.
SPACE HEATER
A self-contained, heating appliance of either the convection type
or the radiant type and intended primarily to heat only a limited space or
area such as one room or two adjoining rooms.
STAIRWAYS
One or more flights of stairs and the necessary landings and platforms
connecting them to form a continuous and uninterrupted passage from one floor
to another. A flight of stairs for the purpose of this code must have at least
two risers.
SUMMER DWELLINGS
Those dwellings listed with the Old Saybrook Tax Assessor as being
seasonal (no heat).
SUPPLIED
Paid for, furnished by, provided by, or under the control of the
owner, operator, or agent.
TEMPORARY HOUSING
Any occupied tent, trailer, mobile home or any other structure used
for human shelter which is designed to be transportable.
TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Any chemical product applied on the surface of or incorporated into
any structural or decorative material which may constitute a potential hazard
to human health at acute or chronic exposure levels.
VARIANCE
A difference between that which is required or specified and that
which is permitted.