For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BUILDING INSPECTOR. Any of the following person or persons, either singly or in combination, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors to make the proper occupancy inspections:
(1) The Building Inspector of the township;
(2) The Building Code Official; or
(3) Any other person that the Board of Supervisors, by resolution, may designate from time to time.
BUSINESS. Any building, building structure, temporary building or temporary building structure in which any portion of the building, building structure, temporary building or temporary building structure is wholly or partly used for any enterprise, mercantile transaction, occupation or endeavor.
DWELLING. A building structure, including temporary housing, which is wholly or partly used, or intended to be used, for living or sleeping by human occupants, including single-room units and multi-room units.
DWELLING UNIT. Any building, building structure, temporary building or temporary building structure, including, but not limited to, temporary housing which is wholly or partly used, or intended to be used, for living or sleeping by a human occupant or occupants, including single-room dwelling units and multi-room dwelling units.
EXEMPT TRANSFER. A transfer between any of the following:
(1) Husband and wife;
(2) A lineal ascendent-parent, grandparent, great grandparent and the like and lineal descendent-child, grandchild, great grandchild and the like;
(3) Children of the same parent; siblings;
(4) A lineal ascendent-parent, grandparent, great grandparent and the like-of a child and the spouse of the child, unless the child is deceased and the child’s spouse has remarried; and
(5) An individual and the individual’s sibling’s spouse, unless the sibling is deceased and the sibling’s spouse has remarried.
MULTI-ROOM DWELLING UNIT. Any group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used, or intended to be used, for living and sleeping as well as for cooking and eating purposes.
OWNER. Any person, firm, corporation, association, partnership or other legal entity which alone, jointly or severally with others holds legal or equitable title to any building within the township.
PERSON. Any individual or group of individuals.
SINGLE-ROOM DWELLING UNIT. Any room forming a single habitable unit used, or intended to be used, for living and sleeping but not for cooking or eating purposes.
(Ord. 206, passed 10-12-2011)