For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them:
"ALTER or ALTERATION." Any change or modification in construction or occupancy.
"APARTMENT." A room or a suite of rooms occupied, or which is intended or designed to be occupied, as the home or residence of one (1) individual, family or household, for housekeeping purposes.
"APARTMENT HOUSE." Any building or portion thereof which is designed, built, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or which is occupied as a home or residence of more than two (2) families living independently of each other and doing their own cooking in the building and shall include flats and apartments.
"APPROVED." Constructed, installed and maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Code of Ordinances and other pertinent ordinances of the city, and with the rules and regulations adopted.
"AREA." As applied to the dimensions of a building, the maximum horizontal projected area of the building at grade.
"ATTIC STORY." Any story situated wholly or partly in the roof, so designated, arranged or built as to be used for business, storage, or habitation.
"BASEMENT." A portion of a building located partly underground, but having less than half its clear floor-to-ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
"BUILDING." Any building or structure having a roof supported by columns or walls and intended for shelter, occupancy, or enclosure of persons, animals or chattels.
"BUILDING OFFICIAL." The public officer or other designated authority charged with the administration of this chapter, or his duly authorized representative.
"BOARD." The board of building and housing appeals.
"DWELLING." Any building or mobile home, or part thereof, used and occupied for human habitation or intended to be so used; provided that temporary housing as hereinafter defined shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
"DWELLING UNIT." Any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with living, sleeping, cooking, eating and sanitary facilities.
"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 by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods.
"GARBAGE." The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
"HABITABLE ROOM." A room or enclosed floor space used, or intended to be used, for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers, communicating corridors, closets or storage spaces.
"INFESTATION." The presence within or around a dwelling, or any insects, rodents, or other pests.
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MOBILE HOME." Any vehicle or similar portable structure on wheels, jacks or permanent foundation, and so designed or constructed as to permit occupancy for dwelling or sleeping purposes.
"MULTIPLE DWELLING." Any dwelling containing more than two (2) dwelling units.
"OCCUPANT." Any person living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in, or having actual possession of a dwelling unit, rooming unit, building or portion of a building.
"OWNER." A holder of any legal or equitable title in the premises, whether along or jointly with others, and whether in possession or not; or any person who shall have charge, care, or control of any dwelling, dwelling unit, or building as owner or agent of the owner or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner.
"PARTIES IN INTEREST." All individuals, associations and corporations who have interests of record in a dwelling or building any who are in possession thereof.
"PHYSICAL VALUE." The actual cost of replacement of a building or structure with similar materials erected in a like manner to the original construction. Physical value could also mean the fair market value or the appraised value of a building or structure, exclusive of land value, as may appear in the tax digest of the city council.
"PLUMBING." The art of installing in buildings the pipes for distributing the water supply, the fixtures for using water and drainage pipes for removing waste, water and sewage, together with fittings and appurtenances of various kinds, all within or adjacent to the building and including the service pipe which forms the connection between the shutoff valve and curbline and the building, and the house sewer which conveys the waste water and sewage from the building to the street sewer or other point of disposal. The house sewer includes private sewage disposal contraptions or other methods and storm or rain water pipings, if the waste water or sewage is discharged through or connected with the house sewer or house drain.
"POTABLE WATER." Water duly approved as satisfactory and safe for drinking.
"PREMISES." A platted lot or part thereof, or unplatted lot or parcel of land or plot of land, either occupied by any dwelling or nondwelling structure.
"PUBLIC HALL." Any hall, corridor or passageway not within the exclusive control of one (1) family.
"ROOMING HOUSE." Any dwelling, or that part of any dwelling containing one (1) or more rooming units, in which space is let by the occupant to three (3) or more persons who are not husband or wife, son or daughter, mother or father, sister or brother of the occupant.
"ROOMING UNIT." Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking or eating purposes.
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RUBBISH." All waste materials except garbage, and the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust.
"STAIRWAY." One or more flights of stairs and the necessary landings and platforms connecting them, to form a continuous and uninterrupted passage from one story to another in a building or structure.
"SUBSTANDARD DWELLING OR STRUCTURE." A dwelling, dwelling unit, multiple dwelling, apartment, apartment house, or any other space used or intended to be used as a habitable living space in any building or structure which does not meet the basic minimum requirements of this Code for such use.
"TEMPORARY HOUSING." Any tent, travel trailer or other portable structure or vehicle used for human shelter which is not attached to the ground, another building or structure, or any utility for more than thirty (30) consecutive days.
(Ord. No. 11.66, 2-4-66)