1317.02 DEFINITIONS.

   The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation of these Standards:

   (a)    "Blighted area" means the same as defined in Ohio Revised Code 1728.01(e) as amended, incorporated herein.

   (b)    "Building" means a structure that is permanently affixed to the land, having one or more floors and a roof, being bounded by either open spaces or lot lines and which is used for residential and/or nonresidential purposes.

   (c)    "Deteriorate" means to fall below the condition of good repair.

   (d)    "Excessive vegetation" means all vegetation, dead or alive, other than the following: ground cover, shrubbery, flowers, and trees that are planted and maintained in accordance with good landscape practices and the community standard in the village.

   (e)    "Exterior" means those portions of a building or structure or grounds that are exposed to public view from the outside.

   (f)   "Garbage" means putrescible animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, and consumption of food.

   (g)    "Good repair" means a condition of sound maintenance of residential, retail, commercial, and industrial property and building in accordance with the standards of the community as a whole.

   (h)    "Graffiti" means unauthorized drawings or markings of an exterior surface without regard to the content of the drawing of marking.

   (i)    "Grounds" means that portion of residential, retail, commercial, and industrial property that does not support a building or structure.

   (j)    "Infestation" means the presence within or contiguous to a structure or premises of insects, rats, rodents, vermin, or other pests on the premises that constitute a health hazard.

   (k)    "Nuisance" means:

      (1)    Any public nuisance known in law or as provided by the statutes of the State or the 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 perilous by active and negligent operation thereof;

      (3)    Unsanitary conditions or anything offensive to the senses or dangerous to health, in violation of these standards, or

      (4)    Fire hazards.

   (1)    "Obsolete" means no longer serving any current purpose, either aesthetic or functional.

   (m)   "Occupant" means any person who has actual or constructive possession of residential, retail, commercial, and industrial property and buildings, including but not limited to a lessee, sublessee, assignee, licensee, or permittee whether with or without the consent of the owner or occupant.

   (n)    "Operator" means any person who has the charge, care, or control of residential, retail, commercial, and industrial property and buildings, whether with or without the consent of the owner or occupant.

   (o)    "Owner" means any person who alone or jointly with others, has legal or equitable title to residential, retail, commercial, and industrial property and buildings, with or without actual constructive possession thereof.

   (p)    "Person" means any entity, either natural or created by law, including but not limited to a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, executor, administrator, trustee, receiver, guardian, or other fiduciary.

   (q)    "Premises" means a lot, plat or parcel of land, including the building or structures thereon.

   (r)    "Property maintenance officer" means the zoning inspector or the official appointed by the village administrator who is charged with the administration and enforcement of these Standards, or any duly authorized representative.

   (s)    "Refuse" means all putrescible and nonputrescible solid waste (except body waste), including but not limited to garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleans, dead animals, and solid market and industrial waste.

   (t)    "Residential, retail, commercial, and industrial property and buildings" means a lot or tract of land or building or other structure or grounds which are used or intended to be used or which property's last active use was primarily for residential, retail, commercial, and industrial purposes.

   (u)    "Rubbish" means nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste such as paper, wrappings, tin cans, yard clippings, leaves, wood, glass, crockery, and similar materials.

   (v)    "Structure" means anything built or constructed to serve any purpose, occupied or unoccupied, on a permanent foundation or portable.

   (w)    "Weathering" means deterioration, decay, or damage caused by exposure to the elements.
(Ord. 00-18. Passed 12-18-00.)