As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
BASEMENT
A portion of a building located partly underground but having less
than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of
the adjoining ground.
CELLAR
A portion of a building 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.
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH
The legally designated health authority of the Town of Old Lyme,
or his authorized representative.
DWELLING
Any building, structure, trailer, or mobile home or part thereof
used for human habitation.
DWELLING, SUMMER
A dwelling which is normally occupied for human habitation, other than the winter months, and does not presently comply with §§
67-2F,
67-3D and
67-4D of this chapter.
DWELLING UNIT
A dwelling or part of a dwelling occupied or intended to be occupied
by one family for residential purposes.
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 foods; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, or trapping;
or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by
the Director of Health.
FAMILY
Any number of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption,
living together as a single housekeeping unit. A group of not more than six
persons keeping house together, but not necessarily related by blood or marriage,
may be considered a family.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation,
cooking, and consumption of food.
HABITABLE ROOM
Any room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for
living, sleeping, cooking, or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water
closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers or hallways, closets, recreation
rooms (but not including living rooms), private workshops or hobby rooms and
storage spaces.
HOUSING INSPECTOR
The person appointed by the Selectmen to carry out the instructions
of the Director of Health in the enforcement of this chapter and to make routine
inspections of housing within the Town under the direction of the Director
of Health.
INFESTATION
The presence, within or around a dwelling, of any rodents, insects
or other pests.
OCCUPANT
Any person, over one year of age, living, sleeping, cooking, or eating
in, or having actual possession of, a dwelling unit or a rooming unit.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care, or control of a building, or part
thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let. The operator shall
be subject to the same provisions of this chapter as the owner.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has legal
title to any dwelling, including any person acting as agent of the owner,
or who has possession of a dwelling as lessee.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
PLUMBING
Any and 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, grease traps,
vents, and any other similar supplied fixtures together with all connections
to water, sewer or gas lines.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling containing one or more
rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to three or
more persons who are not husband or wife, son or daughter, mother or father,
or sister or brother of the owner or operator, provided that hospitals, homes
for the aged, and other institutions licensed by the State Department of Public
Health under Chapter 368A of the Connecticut General Statutes shall not be
regarded as rooming houses or as subject to the provisions of this chapter.
ROOMING UNIT
A room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or
intended to be used as private living and sleeping quarters but not for cooking
or eating purposes.
RUBBISH
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage.
SUPPLIED
Anything paid for, furnished, or provided by or under the control
of the owner or operator.