As used in this article, the following terms shall
have the meanings indicated:
ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLE
A motor vehicle exposed to public view which does not have
a valid registration and license plate and has no inspection sticker
or an inspection sticker which has elapsed for more than 30 days of
has been inoperative for more than 30 days because of the lack of
essential components such as an engine or wheels.
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.
BOARDING HOUSE
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 dwelling.
BOROUGH
The Borough of Dumont, County of Bergen, State of New Jersey.
BUILDING
A combination of materials intended to form a safe and stable
structure, used for multiple dwelling residential purposes and including
any accessory buildings and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually
enjoyed therewith.
DETERIORATION
The condition of a building, or part thereof, characterized
by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other
evidence of physical decay, lacking structural maintenance, whether
interior or exterior.
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 time 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 two or more dwelling units and also
having a portion thereof devoted to nonresidential uses. The applicable
provisions for residential buildings shall control the residential
portions thereof and the applicable provisions for nonresidential
buildings shall control the nonresidential portion thereof.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING
A building designed for, arranged for, or actually containing
three or more dwelling units for residential purposes.
NONRESIDENTIAL
The use of this word refers only to the nondwelling use of
a mixed occupancy building.
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.
(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 code.
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 the 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, but not limited to, sidewalks, yards and parking
areas.
REFUSE
All putrescible and nonputrescible solid wastes (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 and solid market and industrial
wastes.
RUBBISH
Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, excluding
garbage, but including liquid commercial and industrial wastes.
WEATHERING
The deterioration, decay, or damage caused by exposure to
the elements.