As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
Approved by the code official.
The portion of a building which is partly or completely below
grade.
A room containing plumbing fixtures, including a bathtub
or shower.
An owner-occupied single-family detached home, or portion
thereof, where short-term lodging and meals are provided.
Building Officials and Code Administrators International,
Inc.
Any structure occupied or intended for supporting or sheltering
any occupancy.
The building code officially adopted by the State of Connecticut
under Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 541, Part I, and shall
include any code, rule, or regulation incorporated therein by reference.
The code official shall be the named Chief Building Inspector pursuant to § 11-4 of the Town Charter and the named Building Official as designated by Connecticut General Statutes Chapter 541, Part I, unless another qualified official is otherwise designated by the Board of Directors. The code official shall be charged with the administration and enforcement of this code, or any duly authorized representative.
To adjudge unfit for occupancy.
All the written, graphic and pictorial documents prepared
or assembled for describing the design, location and physical characteristics
of the elements of the project necessary for obtaining a building
permit. The construction drawings shall be drawn to an appropriate
scale.
Any building which contains dwelling units used, intended,
or designed to be built, used, rented, leased, let or hired out to
be occupied, or which are occupied for living purposes.
DORMITORYA space in a building where group sleeping accommodations are provided in one room, or in a series of closely associated rooms, for persons not members of the same family group.
DWELLING UNITA single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLINGA building or portion thereof containing more than two dwelling units.
ONE-FAMILY DWELLINGA building containing one dwelling unit with not more than five lodgers or boarders.
ROOMING HOUSEA building arranged or occupied for lodging, with or without meals, for compensation and not occupied as a one-family dwelling or a two-family dwelling.
ROOMING UNITAny room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living, but not for cooking purposes, and containing six or more occupants.
TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGA building containing two dwelling units with not more than five lodgers or boarders per family.
All premises, properties and structures not under construction,
regardless of date of completion or development.
The open space on the premises and on adjoining property
under control of owners or operators of such premises.
The control and elimination of insects, rats or other pests
by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible
materials that serve as their food; by poison spraying, fumigating,
trapping or by any other approved pest elimination methods.
An individual or married couple and the children thereof,
or children legally adopted or under guardianship thereof, with not
more than two other persons related directly to the individual or
married couple by blood or marriage; or a group of not more than five
unrelated persons, living together as a single housekeeping unit in
a dwelling unit.
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking.
Bathrooms, toilet rooms, closets, halls, storage or utility spaces,
and similar areas are not considered habitable spaces.
The three Town administrative offices known
as the "Town Hall," the "Lincoln Center" and the "Weiss Center."
The two public libraries.
The Probate Court Building.
All Fire Department stations.
The police station.
The Recreation Office and lodge at Center Springs
Park.
The Water and Sewer Administrative Offices on
Spring Street.
All public schools (which shall not include
the former Bentley School on Hollister Street.)
The presence, within or contiguous to a structure or premises,
of insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
To permit, provide or offer possession or occupancy of a
dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premises or structure
by a person who is or is not the legal owner of record thereof, pursuant
to a written or unwritten lease, agreement or license, or pursuant
to a recorded or unrecorded agreement of contract for the sale of
land.
The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized
or occupied.
Any person living or sleeping in a building; or having possession
of a space within a building.
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 is let or offered for occupancy.
Any person, agent, operator, firm or corporation having a
legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official
records of the state, county or municipality as holding title to the
property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the
guardian of the estate of any such person, and the executor or administrator
of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real
property by a court.
An individual, corporation, partnership or any other group
acting as a unit.
The practice, materials, and fixtures utilized in the installation, maintenance, extension and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances and appurtenances within the scope of the plumbing code listed in Article VIII.
A receptacle or device which is either permanently or temporarily
connected to the water distribution system of the premises, and demands
a supply of water therefrom; or discharges wastewater, 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 any structures thereon.
Includes any of the following:
The physical condition or occupancy of any premises
regarded as a public nuisance at common law;
Any physical condition 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 that has unsanitary sewerage or
plumbing facilities;
Any premises designated as unsafe for human
habitation;
Any premises that is manifestly capable of being
a fire hazard, or is manifestly unsafe or unsecure so as to endanger
life, limb or property;
Any premises from which the plumbing, heating
or facilities required by this code have been removed, or from which
utilities have been disconnected, destroyed, removed or rendered ineffective,
or the required precautions against trespassers have not been provided;
Any premises that is unsanitary, or that is
littered with rubbish or garbage, or that has an uncontrolled growth
of weeds; or
Any structure that is in a state of dilapidation,
deterioration or decay; faulty construction; overcrowded; open, vacant
or abandoned; damaged by fire to the extent so as not to provide shelter;
in danger of collapse or failure; and dangerous to anyone on or near
the premises.
An architect or engineer, registered or licensed to practice
professional architecture or engineering, as defined by the statutory
requirements of the professional registration laws of the state in
which the project is to be constructed.
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage;
the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal,
coke and other combustible materials, 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 or a portion thereof.
A person, corporation, partnership or group, whether or not
the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof
as a unit.
A room containing a water closet or urinal but not a bathtub
or shower.
The natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned
or unconditioned air to, or removing such air from, any space.
All grasses, annual plants, and vegetation other than trees
or shrubs; provided, however, this term (weed) shall not include cultivated
flowers and gardens.
Includes poison ivy, poison sumac, poison oak and plants
causing similar adverse reactions in humans when contact is made with
exposed skin.
Executed in a skilled manner; e.g., generally plumb, level,
square, in line, undamaged, and without marring adjacent work.
An open space on the same lot with a structure.
