The following terms are defined as listed below:
APPROVED
As applied to a material, device or method of construction,
approved by the Code Official under the provisions of this chapter
or approved by other authority designated by law to give approval
in the matter in question.
BASEMENT
That portion of a building which is partly below and partly
above grade and has at least 1/2 its height above grade. (See "cellar.")
CELLAR
That portion of a building which is partly or completely
below grade and has at least 1/2 its height below grade. (See "basement.")
CENTRAL HEATING
The heating system permanently installed and adjusted so
as to provide the distribution of heat to all habitable rooms, bathrooms
and water-closet compartments from a source outside of these rooms.
CODE OFFICIAL
The official who is charged with the administration and enforcement
of this chapter, or any duly authorized representative.
COMMUNITY
Any municipality in the County of Sussex.
CONDEMN
To adjudge unfit for residential use or human occupancy.
DWELLINGS
(2)
TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGA building containing two dwelling units with not more than five lodgers or boarders per family.
(3)
MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT HOUSEA building or portion thereof containing more than two dwelling units and not classified as a one- or two-family dwelling.
(5)
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.
(6)
HOTELAny building containing six or more guest rooms intended or designed to be used or which are used, rented or hired out to be occupied or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests.
(7)
MANUFACTURED HOMEA one-family dwelling designed for transportation, after fabrication, on streets and highways on its own wheels or supported by other vehicles or trailers, but which is not self-propelled, and arriving at the site where it is to be occupied complete and ready for occupancy, except for minor and incidental unpacking and assembly operations, supported on jacks or other foundations and connected to utilities and the like.
[Amended 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2152]
DWELLING UNIT
A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities
for one or more persons, including a manufactured home, including
permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking and sanitation.
[Amended 10-12-2010 by Ord. No. 2152]
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
The official designated herein or otherwise charged with
the responsibilities of administering this chapter or the official's
authorized representative.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS
The open space on the premises and on adjoining property
under the control of owners or operators of such premises.
EXTERMINATION
The control and elimination of insects, rats or other pests
by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible
materials that may serve as their food; by poison spraying, fumigating
or trapping; or by any other approved pest-elimination methods.
FAMILY
An individual or married couple and the children thereof,
with not more than two other persons, living together as a single
housekeeping unit in a dwelling unit.
GARBAGE
The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
HABITABLE SPACE
Space in a structure for living, sleeping, eating or cooking.
Bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls, storage or utility
space and similar areas are not considered "habitable space."
INFESTATION
The presence, within or contiguous to a structure or premises,
of insects, rats, vermin or other pests.
JUNK 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 "junk vehicle"
shall be classified as to its condition in one of the two following
categories:
(1)
RESTORABLEA junk vehicle that is in a condition whereby repairs to the same could be made to place it in operating condition without exceeding the estimated value when repaired.
(2)
WRECKA junk vehicle in such condition that it is economically unsound to restore the same to operating condition, considering the repairs to be made, the age of the vehicle and the market value of the vehicle if it were restored, or in such condition 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
the legal owner or not be 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.
MAINTENANCE
Conformance of a building and its facilities to the code
under which the building was constructed.
MOTEL
A "hotel," as defined in this chapter.
OCCUPANT
Any person over one year of age, including the owner or operator,
living and sleeping in a dwelling unit or having actual possession
of said dwelling or rooming unit.
OPENABLE AREA
That part of a window or door which is available for unobstructed
ventilation and which opens directly to the outdoors.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a structure
or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.
OVERCROWDED
A dwelling shall be "overcrowded" when its occupancy exceeds the maximum number of persons permitted in Article
II, §
71-14K,
L and
P.
OWNER
Any person, firm or corporation having a legal or equitable
interest in the premises, or any agent thereof.
PERSON
Any individual, corporation or partnership.
PLUMBING
The labor, materials and fixtures used in the installation,
maintenance, extension and alteration of all piping, fixtures, appliances
and appurtenances.
PLUMBING FIXTURE
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 used water, 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.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or
structures thereon.
PUBLIC NUISANCE
Includes the following:
(1)
The physical condition or use of any premises
regarded as a public nuisance at common law,
(2)
Any physical condition, use 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;
(3)
Any premises designated as having unsanitary
sewerage or plumbing facilities;
(4)
Any premises designated as unsafe for human
habitation or use;
(5)
Any premises which is manifestly capable of
being a fire hazard or is manifestly unsafe or unsecure so as to endanger
life, limb or property.
(6)
Any premises from which the plumbing, heating
or other facilities required by this chapter have been removed or
from which utilities such as water, sewer, gas and electricity have
been disconnected, destroyed, removed or rendered ineffective or the
required precautions against trespassers have not been provided;
(7)
Any premises which is unsanitary or which is
littered with rubbish or garbage or which has an uncontrolled growth
of weeds; or
(8)
Any structure or building that is in an advanced
state of dilapidation, deterioration or decay; has faulty construction;
is overcrowded; is open, vacant or abandoned; is damaged by fire to
the extent as not to provide adequate shelter; is in danger of collapse
or structural failure; and is dangerous to anyone on or near the premises.
RENOVATION
Work on a building and its facilities to make it conform
to present-day minimum standards of sanitation, fire- and life safety.
RESIDENCE BUILDING
A building in which sleeping accommodations and toilet, bathing
and cooking facilities as a unit are provided.
ROOMING HOUSE
Any residence building or any part thereof, containing one
or more rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator
to more than five persons who are not members of the family. (See
"dwellings, boardinghouse.")
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
or eating purposes.
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,
wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin
cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust 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, chute escapes, railings,
water tanks, towers, open-grade steps, sidewalks or stairways, tents
or anything erected and framed to component parts which is fastened,
anchored or rests on a permanent foundation or on the ground.
SUPPLIED
Installed, furnished or provided by the owner or operator.
VENTILATION
The process of supplying and removing air by natural or mechanical
means to or from any space.
(2)
NATURALVentilation by opening to outer air through windows, skylights, doors, louvers or stacks without wind-driven devices.
YARD
An open, unoccupied space on the same lot with a building,
extending along the entire length of a street or rear or interior
lot line.