For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(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 structure adapted to permanent or continuous occupancy or use for public, institutional, business, industrial or storage purposes.
(c) "Deterioration" means the condition of a building or part thereof, characterized by holes, breaks, rot, crumbling, peeling, rusting or other evidence of physical decay or neglect, lack of maintenance or excessive use.
(d) "Fire hazard" means:
(1) Any device or condition likely to cause fire and which is so situated as to endanger either persons or property;
(2) The creation, maintenance or continuance of any physical condition by reason of which there exists a use, accumulation or storage of combustible or explosive material sufficient in amount or so located or in such a manner as to put in jeopardy, in event of ignition, either persons or property; or
(3) The obstruction to or of fire escapes, ladders which may be used as escape, stairways, aisles, exits, doors, windows, passageways or halls, likely in the event of fire, to interfere with the operations of the Fire Department or of the safety and ready egress of occupants.
(e) "Garbage" means all kitchen refuse of residences, hotels, restaurants or other places where food is prepared for human consumption, and all offal from fish, meat and vegetable markets, and all vegetable or organic substances unfit for food that are subject to immediate decay.
(f) "Infestation" means the presence of insects, rodents, vermin or other pests on the premises which constitute a health hazard.
(g) "Operator" means any person who has charge, care or control of a premises, or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent of the owner.
(h) "Owner" means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, shall have legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or shall have charge, care or control as owner or agent of the owner, or an executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee, receiver or guardian of the estate, or as a mortgagee in possession regardless of how such possession was obtained.
(i) "Plumbing" means all of the following supplies, 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, vents and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines, and water pipes and lines utilized in conjunction with air conditioning equipment.
(j) "Premises" means a lot, plot or parcel of land including the buildings or structures thereon.
(k) "Rest room" means an enclosed space containing one or more toilets and one or more lavatories or fixtures serving similar purposes.
(l) "Rubbish" means all combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; and the term includes, but is not limited to, the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimmings, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery, abandoned automobiles and dust.
(m) "Structure" means any combination of any materials, whether fixed or portable, forming a construction, including buildings.
(n) "Ventilation" means the supply and removal of air to and from any space by natural or mechanical means.
(o) “Ventilation, mechanical” means the ventilation by power driven devices.
(p) "Ventilation, natural" means the ventilation by opening to outer air through windows, skylights, doors, louvers, or stacks with or without wind driven devices.
(q) "Weathering" means deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the elements. (1978 Code Sec. 5-16)