The terms, phrases and words, and their derivatives, used in this Housing Code, shall have the meaning given herein. Terms, phrases and words not specifically defined in this chapter shall have the ordinarily accepted meanings given in a standard dictionary and implied by the context in this Code.
“Acceptable or accepted,” when not further qualified and applied to a material, device or mode of construction, means acceptable to the Housing Inspector pursuant to this Code, or acceptable to any other authority designated by law or this Code to give acceptance in the matter in question.
“Accessory structure” means a detached structure located on or partially on any premises and which is not used or not intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants.
“Approved” means in accordance with this Housing Code, as determined by the Housing Inspector or any other authority designated by law or this Code to give such approval.
“Area”
(1) “Floor area” means the total area of all stories or floors finished as living accommodations, measured to the outside of exterior walls or the center of party walls.
(2) “Area of a building” means the floor area taken at mean grade level.
(3) “Room area” means the floor area of a room measured inside from rough to rough.
“Basement” means a space with a floor level two feet or more below the adjoining ground, but having less than half its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
“Board of Health” means the Board of Health of the Columbiana County Health District.
“Building Official” means the official, or his or her authorized representative, designated by the municipality to administer the Building Code. (See § 1440.01).
“Cellar” means the part of a building having half or more than half of its clear height below the average grade of the adjoining ground. Compare: “Basement.”
“Council” means the legislative authority of the municipality.
“Dormitory” means a room in a dwelling used as a sleeping room or for sleeping purposes by four or more unrelated persons.
“Double house” means a two-family dwelling in which the living units are side by side, each unit having open spaces on at least three sides.
“Dwelling” means any enclosed space which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants, provided that temporary housing, as defined hereinafter, shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
“Dwelling unit” means any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating of meals.
“Enforcement Officer” means the official designated herein, or his or her authorized representative, who is charged with the responsibility of administering this Code.
“Exterior property areas” means the open spaces on the premises under the control of owner or operators of such premises.
“Extermination” means the control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by cleaning out their places of refuge or havens; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping or any other recognized and legal pest elimination method.
“Family” means at least one adult and usually one or more persons legally related to such adult and living in the same dwelling unit.
“Flat” means a two-family dwelling, or any floor of same, two stories in height, with each floor containing a complete dwelling unit.
“Floor space.” See “Floor area.”
“Flush water closet” means a toilet bowl flushed with water under pressure, with a water-sealed trap above the floor level. Such toilet bowl shall have a smooth, easily cleaned surface.
“Garbage” means the animal and vegetable wastes resulting from the handling, processing, preparation, cooking, serving and nonconsumption of food.
“Gross floor area” means the total area of all habitable space in a building or structure.
“Guest” means any person who shares a dwelling unit in a nonpermanent status for not more than 30 days.
“Habitable room” means 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, furnace rooms, pantries, kitchenettes and utility rooms of less than 50 square feet, foyers or communicating corridors, stairways, closets and storage spaces and workshops, hobby and recreation areas in unsealed or uninsulated parts of a structure below ground level or in an attic.
“Health Commissioner” means the Health Commissioner of the Columbiana County Health District or his or her authorized representative.
“Hotel” means a building or part thereof operated as a public inn and containing ten or more rooms for hire to guests, usually transient.
“Housing Inspector” means the official, or his or her authorized representative, designated by the municipality to enforce this Housing Code.
“Infestation” means the presence within or around a dwelling of any insects, rodents, vermin or other pests.
“Junk” means any worn out, cast off or discarded article or material which is ready for destruction or has been collected or stored for salvage or conversion to use.
“Kitchen” means a room equipped with facilities for the storage, preparation and cooking of food and the washing and storage of dishes and utensils and having a floor area of not less than 60 square feet.
“Kitchenette” means a room with most of the facilities of a kitchen and intended to be used as a kitchen but having less than 60 square feet in floor area.
“Living unit” means a dwelling or portion thereof providing separate living, cooking, eating, sleeping and sanitary facilities for one family.
“Motel” means a building similar to a hotel but having particularly convenient parking areas for automobiles.
“Multiple dwelling” means a building containing more than two dwelling units and/or rooming units.
“Non” is a preferred prefix to be used with “combustible” and “flammable,” rather than the prefix “in,” which has confusing meanings.
“Occupancy permit” means a permit, sometimes called a certificate of occupancy, issued by the Building Official or Housing Inspector and to be posted on the premises as an indication that the building may be occupied for its intended use.
“Occupant” means any person, over one year of age, living, sleeping, cooking, eating in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
“Operator” means any person who has charge, care, control or management of a building or part thereof in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
“Owner” means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has:
(1) Legal title to any building or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or
(2) Charge, care or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit, as owner or agent of the owner, or as executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any such person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this Housing Code and of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if he or she were the owner.
“Permissible occupancy” means the maximum number of persons permitted to reside in a dwelling unit or rooming unit.
“Person” means any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
“Plumbing” means all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage-disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents and any similar fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
“Premises” means a lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon.
“Privacy” means a condition or arrangement which affords a person or persons the ability to carry out an activity without interruption or interference, either by sight or sound, by unwanted persons.
“Refuse” means all putrescible and nonputrescible solids, except body wastes, including garbage, rubbish, ashes and dead animals.
“Rooming house” means any dwelling or part thereof containing one or more rooming units, and/or one or more dormitory rooms.
“Rooming unit” means 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 purposes.
“Rubbish” means all nonputrescible solid wastes, excluding ashes, consisting of:
(1) Combustible wastes such as paper, cardboard, plastic containers, lawn and shrubbery clippings and wood; or
(2) Noncombustible wastes such as tin cans, glass and crockery.
“Safety” means the condition of being free from danger and hazards which may cause accidents or disease.
“Supplied” means paid for, furnished by, provided by or under the control of, the owner or operator.
“Temporary housing” means any tent, trailer, mobile home or other structure used for human shelter which is designed to be transportable and which is not attached to the ground, to another structure or to any utility system on the same premises for more than 30 consecutive days.
(Ord. 1674, passed 5-6-1969)