For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
APPROVED. Approved or set forth by statute of the state or by ordinance of the city, or in accordance with regulations established by the Permits and Inspections Department.
BASEMENT. A portion of a building located partly underground but having more than half its clear floor-to-ceiling height above the average grade of the adjoining ground.
BATH. A bathtub or shower stall.
BEDROOM. A habitable room within a dwelling unit which is used, or intended to be used, primarily for the purpose of sleeping, but shall not include any kitchen, dining room or living room in which cots, roll-away beds or davenports may be used for sleeping purposes.
BLOCK. A portion of the city, whether occupied by buildings or not, which is enclosed by and bounded by adjoining streets having official street name designations.
CELLAR. A portion of a building located partly or wholly underground, and having half or more than half of its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
COMMUNAL. Used or shared by, or intended to be used or shared by, the occupants of two or more rooming units or two or more dwelling units.
DINING ROOM. A habitable room used or intended to be used for the purpose of eating but not for the cooking or the preparation of meals.
DWELLING. Any building or structure, except temporary housing, which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
DWELLING UNIT. Any habitable room or group of adjoining habitable rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating meals.
EXIT. A continuous and unobstructed means of egress from a building or dwelling contained therein to a public way and shall include intervening doorways, corridors, ramps, stairways, fire escapes, courts and yards.
EXTERMINATION. The control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping; or any other pest elimination methods approved by the director of Permits and Inspections.
FAMILY. One adult occupant plus one or more persons who are legally related to such occupant as husband or wife, son or daughter, mother or father, mother-in-law or father-in-law, grandfather or grandmother, sister or bother.
GARBAGE. The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, marketing or processing of food, or the nonconsumed waste resulting from animals or humans consuming food.
HABITABLE FLOOR AREA. That calculated floor area of any part of a room in which the vertical measurement from the floor to the ceiling of the room is at least five feet or more.
HABITABLE ROOM. A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, basement recreation rooms, toilet rooms, laundries, pantries, foyers, communicating corridors, closets, storage spaces and stairways.
HOTEL. Any dwelling wherein sleeping accommodations are offered for pay to transients, in five or more rooms. It does not include rooming houses but shall include motel or cabin courts.
HOTEL UNIT. Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping in a hotel, motel or cabin court, but not for cooking of meals.
INFESTATION. The presence of any insects, rodents or other pests within a dwelling or on the dwelling premises.
KITCHEN. A habitable room used or intended to be used for the cooking of food or the preparation of meals.
LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING UNIT. A single room in which cooking, sleeping and general living accommodations are contained therein.
LIVING ROOM. A habitable room within a dwelling unit which is used, or intended to be used, primarily for general living purposes but not for sleeping or cooking.
MULTIPLE DWELLING. Any dwelling containing more than two families or more than two dwelling units.
NONDWELLING STRUCTURE. Any structure, except a dwelling, used or intended to be used for the shelter or enclosure of any person, animal or property of any kind.
NURSING HOME. A dwelling within which shelter, meals and nursing care are supplied to two or more patients who are not members of the family of the operator or supervisor of the dwelling. This shall not include hospitals.
NURSING UNIT. Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for sleeping by patients, or the provision of bedside nursing care to patients, within a nursing home.
OCCUPANCY. The act or acts of living, sleeping or cooking in, or having actual possession of, a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, hotel unit or nursing unit.
OCCUPANT. Any person over one year of age, including an owner or operator, living, sleeping or cooking in or having actual possession of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, hotel unit or nursing unit.
OPERATOR. Any person who has charge, care or control of a building, or part thereof, in which dwelling units, rooming units, hotel units or nursing units are let.
OWNER. Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others:
(1) Shall have legal title or equitable title to any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming units, hotel units or nursing units; or
(2) Shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, hotel unit or nursing unit as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner.
PART OF DWELLING, ETC. Whenever the words “dwelling,” “dwelling unit,” “rooming house,” “rooming unit,” “nursing home,” “nursing unit,” “hotel” or “premises” are used in this chapter, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words “or any part thereof.”
PATIENT. A person suffering from infirmities of old age or an illness, or physical disability which requires supervised aid and care or medication.
PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS DEPARTMENT. The legally designated authority of the city, or an authorized representative.
PLUMBING. All of the following facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, toilets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, baths, installed clothes washing machines, catchbasins, drains, vents, hot water heaters and any other similar fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
PREMISES. A platted lot or part thereof or unplatted lot or parcel of land or plot of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any dwelling or nondwelling structure.
PROPOSED REHABILITATION AREA. A rehabilitation area within which the Permits and Inspections Department intends to undertake systematic rehabilitation and so reports to the city council.
PUBLIC HALL. A hall, corridor or passageway not within the exclusive control of one family.
REHABILITATION AREA. An area defined, within the city, by the Permits and Inspections Department consisting of at least one block but not more than 20 adjoining blocks, within which systematic rehabilitation is, in the opinion of the Permits and Inspections Department necessary to promote and protect the public health and welfare.
ROOMER. An occupant of a rooming house who is not a member of the family of the operator of that rooming house, and shall also mean an occupant of a dwelling unit who is not a member of the family occupying the dwelling unit.
ROOMING HOUSE. Any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling, containing one or more rooming units, in which space is let by the owner or operator to three or more roomers.
ROOMING HOUSE TYPE I. A rooming house in which space is let to more than two but fewer than nine roomers.
ROOMING HOUSE TYPE II. A rooming house in which space is let to nine or more roomers.
ROOMING UNIT. Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit in a rooming house used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating of meals.
RUBBISH. Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; and the term shall include and not be limited to the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, automobile chassis and bodies, inoperable machines, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust.
SECOND-CLASS DWELLING. Any multiple dwelling which contains three or more second class dwelling units.
SECOND-CLASS DWELLING TYPE I. A second class dwelling which contains more than two but fewer than five second class dwelling units.
SECOND-CLASS DWELLING TYPE II. A second class dwelling which contains five or more second class dwelling units.
SECOND-CLASS DWELLING UNIT. A dwelling unit that does not have a toilet and bath available for exclusive use by the occupants thereof.
STAIR HALL. A public hall or private hall which includes the stairs, stair landings and those portions of the building through which it is necessary to pass in going between the lowest entrance floor and the roof.
SUPERVISOR. A person, either the operator of a nursing home or one assigned by the operator of the nursing home, who is directly responsible for the daily operation of, the supervisor of employees in and the care of patients in a nursing home.
SUPPLIED. Paid for, furnished or provided by, or under the control of, the owner or operator.
SYSTEMATIC REHABILITATION. The inspection of all dwellings and dwelling units within a rehabilitation area for the purpose of finding all violations of this chapter and the elimination of all such violations in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
TEMPORARY HOUSING. Any tent, trailer or other structure used for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, or to another structure, or to any utilities system on the same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.
TOILET. A water closet, with a bowl and trap made in one piece, which is of such shape and form and which holds a sufficient quantity of water so that no fecal matter will collect on the surface of the bowl and which is equipped with flushing rims which permit the bowl to be properly flushed and scoured when water is discharged through the flushing rims.
(1964 Code, § 12A-1)