Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle exposed to public view and which is inoperable,
irrespective of any registration, for more than 10 days.
[Amended 10-28-2002 by Ord. No. 09-02; 10-20-2008 by Ord. No.
29-08]
BATHROOM
Any enclosed space which contains one or more of the following,
i.e., bathtub, shower, water closet, lavatory, water closet compartment,
washbowl, sink or fixtures serving similar purposes.
BOARDINGHOUSE
Any building in which there are one or more independent rooms
for sleeping, whether furnished or unfurnished, available for occupancy
by five or more persons for compensation and where there are not individual
eating facilities. Such buildings shall be governed by the provisions
applicable to multiple-family dwellings.
BUILDING
A combination of materials intended to form a safe and stable
structure, whether used for residential, institutional, business,
storage or any other purpose, and including any accessory buildings
and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed there with.
DETERIORATION
The condition of a building or part thereof characterized
by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other
evidence of physical decay, neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive
wear.
DWELLING UNIT
Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit
which includes or is intended to include living, sleeping, bathing,
toilet and cooking facilities.
EXPOSED TO PUBLIC VIEW
Any building or premises or part thereof which may be lawfully
viewed by the public or any member thereof from a sidewalk, street,
alleyway, parking lot or from any adjoining or neighboring premises.
EXTERIOR OF PREMISES
Those portions of a building which are exposed to public
view or the elements and the open space of any premises not occupied
by any building.
GARBAGE
Animal, vegetable and other organic waste resulting from
handling, preparing, cooking and consumption of food or other products.
(See also "refuse" and "rubbish.")
HABITABLE ROOM
A room occupied by one or more persons for living, eating
or sleeping, but not including bathrooms, laundries, serving and storage
pantries, corridors, foyers, vestibules, cellars, boiler and utility
rooms or spaces that are not used frequently or for an extended period
of times or areas that have less than 50 square feet of floor area.
INFESTATION
The presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on
or within the premises.
MIXED OCCUPANCY
Any building containing one or more dwelling units and also
having a portion thereof devoted to nonresidential uses. The applicable
provisions for residential and nonresidential buildings shall control.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A building designed for, arranged for or actually containing
two or more dwelling units for residential purposes.
NUISANCE:
(1)
Any public nuisance known at common law or in
law or equity jurisprudence or as provided by the statutes of the
State of New Jersey or the ordinances of the Borough of Leonia.
(2)
Physical conditions dangerous to human life
or detrimental to health of persons, including but not limited to
any inadequately protected well, shaft, basement, excavation, abandoned
motor vehicle, structurally unsound fence, wall or building, lumber,
trash, debris or vegetation, such as poison ivy, oak, sumac or ragweed,
or other condition which is or may be detrimental to the safety or
health of persons, as well as anything which might constitute an attractive
nuisance to children.
(3)
Inadequate or unsanitary sewerage or plumbing
facilities in violation of this chapter.
OCCUPANT
Any person or persons, including the owner, having actual
possession of and using a building or any part thereof.
OPERATOR
Any person who has charge, care or control of a building
or premises or part thereof, whether acting with or without the knowledge
and consent of the owner.
OWNER
Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others,
shall have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without
accompanying actual possession thereof, or shall have charge, care
or control of any dwelling unit as owner or agent of the owner or
as executor, administrator, trustee receiver or guardian of an estate
or as a mortgagee in possession regardless of how such possession
was obtained. Any person who is a lessee, a sublessee or assignee
of all or any part of any building shall be deemed to be a co-owner
with the lessor and shall have joint responsibility over the portion
of the premises sublet or assigned by such lessee.
PREMISES
A lot, plot or parcel of land and any buildings located thereon,
including sidewalks.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste, except body
wastes, including, but not limited to, brush, weeds, broken glass,
debris of any description, garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings,
dead animals, abandoned motor vehicles (whether properly registered
or not as defined herein), solid market and industrial wastes, and
construction materials of any type.
[Amended 12-29-1997 by Ord. No. 20-97; 10-28-2002 by Ord. No.
09-02]
RUBBISH
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, excluding
garbage, but including liquid commercial and industrial wastes.
STRUCTURE
A combination of materials, other than a building, intended
to form a safe and stable construction, including but not limited
to stadiums, reviewing stands, platforms, staging, observation towers,
radio towers, water tanks, sheds, shelters, coal bins, fences and
display racks and signs.
WEATHERING
The deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to
the elements.