§ 27-18. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, when used in this article, have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:

(1)

Approved means constructed, installed and maintained in accordance with this article and rules and regulations adopted and promulgated in pursuance thereof.

(2)

Basement means the portion of a dwelling between floor and ceiling that is partly below and partly above grade, the floor of which is less than four (4) feet below the average grade of the adjoining ground.

(2.5)

Board means the board of public health and environment.

(3)

Cellar means the portion of a dwelling between floor and ceiling that is below or partly below grade, the floor of which is more than four (4) feet below the average grade of the adjoining ground.

(3.5)

Clean and sanitary means a condition free of visible dirt, debris, clutter, rubbish, trash, waste and free from other substances, contaminants, materials, or environmental conditions harmful to human health.

(4)

Dwelling means any building that contains one or more dwelling units or rooming units used, intended, or designed to be built, used, rented, leased, let, sublet, or hired out to be occupied, or that is occupied for living purposes, and includes rooming houses but excludes temporary housing.

(5)

Dwelling unit means a single unit providing complete independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation and includes single rooming units.

(6)

Electrical convenience outlet means a point on the electrical wiring system equipped with one (1) or more receptacles intended to receive attachment plugs from which electrical current is taken to supply electrical equipment.

(7)

Extermination means the control and elimination of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; or by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping or similar means.

(8)

Garbage means the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking or consumption of food.

(9)

Habitable room means a room designed to be used for living, sleeping, eating or cooking, excluding bathrooms, toilet compartments, closets, halls and storage places.

(10)

Hotel means any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling, containing one (1) or more rooming units in which space is let to three (3) or more persons who are transients or permanent guests occupy a rooming unit.

(11)

Infestation means the presence, within or around a dwelling, of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests of such kind or in such numbers to cause a hazard to human health.

(11.5)

Manager means, unless the context otherwise requires, the manager of the department of public health and environment or the manager's representative.

(12)

Multiple dwelling means any dwelling containing more than two (2) dwelling units.

(13)

Occupant means any natural person living, sleeping, cooking or eating in, or having actual possession of, a dwelling unit or rooming unit.

(14)

Operator means any person, whether the owner or not, who manages or controls any dwelling, or part thereof, in which a person or persons other than an owner occupy a dwelling unit or rooming unit.

(15)

Owner , as used in this article, means any person who alone or with others:

(a)

Has record legal or equitable title to any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof;

(b)

Acts as the agent or manager for the person who holds the record legal or equitable title to any dwelling, dwelling unit in a multiple dwelling structure, or common area or utilities servicing a single unit dwelling or dwelling unit in multiple dwelling structure, or acts as an agent or manager for any group of such owners;

(c)

Is the personal representative, trustee, or fiduciary of an estate, trust, other entity which holds record legal or equitable title to any single unit dwelling or dwelling unit in a multiple unit structure, or common area or utilities servicing a single unit dwelling or dwelling unit in multiple dwelling structure; or

(d)

Controls access to any service, facility, equipment, or utility that is required under this article and which is servicing any single unit dwelling or dwelling unit in multiple dwelling structure.

(16)

Person means a natural person for purposes of the occupancy standards hereof, and for all other purposes it has the meaning set forth in subsection 1-2(12) of the Code.

(17)

Rooming house means any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling, containing one (1) or more rooming units in which three (3) or more persons who are permanent guests occupy a rooming unit.

(18)

Rooming unit means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but no part of which is exclusively or occasionally appropriated to cookery.

(19)

Rubbish means combustible and noncombustible waste materials, household and yard debris and ashes.

(20)

Supplied means paid for, furnished, provided by, or under the control of the owner or operator.

(21)

Temporary housing means any tent, trailer coach, or other structure used for human shelter that is designed to be transportable and that is not attached to the ground, to another structure, or to any utilities system.

(Ord. No. 997-95, § 1, 12-4-95; Ord. No. 1110-96, § 1, 12-16-96; Ord. No. 500, § 2, 9-17-07; Ord. No. 427-18, § 16, 6-11-18)

Cross reference

Definitions and rules of construction generally, § 1-2.