As used in this chapter:
(a) DESIGNATED CITY OFFICIAL: Means the Building Commissioner of the City of Brook Park, Ohio and/or his/her designee.
(b) DWELLING: Means any building or portion of a building that contains one or more dwelling units used, intended, or designed to be built, used, rented, leased, let or hired out to be occupied, or that is occupied for living purposes.
(c) DWELLING UNIT: Means a space within a dwelling, comprised of a living, cooking and dining area, a sleeping room or rooms, storage closets and bathing and toilet facilities, all used by only one family.
(d) OWNER: Means the person claiming, or in whom is invested, the ownership, dominion, or title of real property including but not limited to: holder of fee-simple title, holder of life-estate, holder of leasehold estate for an interim term of five years or more; a buyer under contract for deed; a mortgagee, receiver, executor or trustee in control of real property; but not including the holder of leasehold estate or a tenancy for initial term of less than five years.
(e) PERSON: Means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, two or more persons having a joint interest or any other legal or community entity.
(f) PROPERTY MANAGER: Means a person other than the owner that has managing control of a rental unit.
(g) RENT: Means the offering, holding out or actual leasing of a rental unit to an occupant other than the owner or the owner’s immediate family members limited to: father, mother, daughter and son of owner or spouse of owner, and generally involves the payment of a rental amount although other forms of consideration may be involved or no consideration at all may be involved.
(h) RENTAL UNIT: Means any dwelling unit; or any rented room within a single family or two family dwelling, duplex, condominium or townhouse where either money or other valuable consideration is paid for occupancy of such unit, or a person, not the record owner, is occupying the unit, whether or not such person pays money or other valuable considerations therefore. This section does not apply to owner’s immediate family members limited to: father, mother, daughter and son of owner, or spouse of owner.
(i) TENANT: Means any person who rents or leases a rental unit for living or dwelling purposes with the consent of the landlord, except the owner’s immediate family members limited to: father, mother, daughter and son of owner, or spouse of owner.
(j) INSPECTION: The scope of the inspection shall be limited to such areas as are in plain view.
(Ord. 11059-2019. Passed 1-22-19; Ord. 11137-2019. Passed 12-3-19.)