Unless a different meaning is indicated clearly by the context, as used in this Code:
(a) “Accessory structure” means a structure the use of which is incidental to that of the main building and which is attached thereto or located on the same premises.
(b) “Building” means a combination of materials to form a construction adapted to permanent or continuous occupancy or use for public, institutional, residence, business or storage purposes.
(c) “Building Code” means the Building Code of the Village.
(d) “Deterioration” means the condition or appearance of a building, or any part thereof, characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other evidence of physical decay, neglect or lack of maintenance.
(e) “Dwelling” means any structure designed for use by human occupants for sleeping and living purposes, whether occupied or vacant.
(f) “Dwelling unit” means any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling forming a single habitable unit, which includes facilities for living, sleeping, cooking, eating, bathing and toilet purposes.
(g) “Exposed to public view” means any premises, or any part thereof, or any building, or any part thereof, which may be lawfully viewed by the public from a sidewalk, street, alleyway, open air parking lot or any adjoining or neighboring premises.
(h) “Exterior of the premises” means those portions of a building which are exposed to public view and the open space of any premises outside of any building erected thereon.
(i) “Fire Chief” means the Chief of the Fire Department.
(j) “Fire hazard” means any thing or act which increases, or may cause an increase in, the hazard or menace of fire to a greater degree than that customarily recognized as normal by persons in the public service of preventing, suppressing or extinguishing fires, or which may obstruct, delay or hinder, or may become the cause of an obstruction, delay or hindrance to, the prevention, suppression or extinguishment of fires, or any other fire hazard identified in these Codified Ordinances. (See also “Nuisance.”)
(k) “Garbage” means putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food. (See also “Refuse” and “Rubbish.”)
(l) “Immediate neighborhood” means an area separated by no appreciable space and specially denoting a limited number of properties in a very close space relationship to each other, such as properties located within the same block.
(m) “Infestation” means the presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premises, which constitute a health hazard.
(n) “Mixed occupancy” means any building containing one or more dwelling units or room units and also having a portion thereof devoted to nondwelling uses.
(o) “Nuisance” means:
(1) Any public nuisance known in equity jurisprudence, or as provided by the statutes of the State or ordinances of the Village;
(2) Conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to the health of persons on or near the premises where the conditions exist and where the condition is made perilous by active and negligent operation thereof;
(3) Unsanitary conditions or anything offensive to the senses or dangerous to health, in violation of this Code; and
(4) Fire hazards.
(p) “Operator” means any person who has the charge, care or control of a building, structure, dwelling or premises, or a part thereof, with or without the knowledge and consent of the owner.
(q) “Owner” means the owner of premises, including the holder of title thereto, subject to a contract of purchase, a vendee in possession, a mortgagee or receiver in possession, a lessee or joint lessees of the whole thereof or an agent or any other person or fiduciary directly in control of the premises.
(r) “Premises” means a lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon.
(s) “Property Maintenance Officer” means the Building Inspector.
(t) “Refuse” means all putrescent and nonputrescible solid wastes, except body wastes, including, but not limited to, garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals and solid market and industrial wastes. (See also “Garbage” and “Rubbish.”)
(u) “Registered mail” means registered or certified mail.
(v) “Rooming unit” means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit, other than a dwelling unit, which is rented or available for rent for sleeping purposes, with or without cooking facilities.
(w) “Rubbish” means nonputrescible solid wastes consisting of both combustible and noncombustible wastes, such as paper, wrappings, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, crockery and similar materials. (See also “Garbage” and “Refuse.”)
(x) “Structure” means a combination of any materials, fixed or portable, forming a construction.
(y) “Weathering” means deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the elements.
(Ord. 6-96. Passed 1-6-96.)