For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Words used in the present tense include the future, words in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; and the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular. ('90 Code, § 7-28.4)
DWELLING. Any building or structure, or part thereof, used and occupied for human habitation or intended to be so used, including any outhouses and appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith.
GOVERNING BODY. The City Council.
MUNICIPALITY. The City of Easley.
OWNER. The holder of the title in fee simple and every mortgagee of record.
PARTIES IN INTEREST. All individuals, associations, corporations and others who have interests of record in a dwelling and any who are in possession thereof.
PUBLIC AUTHORITY. Any housing authority or any officer who is in charge of any department or branch of the government of the municipality or state relating to health, fire or building regulations or to other activities concerning dwellings in the municipality.
PUBLIC OFFICER. The designated Building Inspector for the city.
UNSAFE BUILDINGS, DWELLINGS, APARTMENT HOUSES AND ROOMING HOUSES. All dwellings, apartment houses, rooming houses or buildings or structures used as such which are unsafe, unsanitary, unfit for human habitation or not provided with adequate egress, or which constitute a fire hazard or are otherwise dangerous to human life, or which, in relation to the existing use, constitute a hazard to safety or health by reason of inadequate maintenance, dilapidation, obsolescence or abandonment, are severally, in contemplation of this section, “unsafe buildings.”
(S.C. Code § 31-15-10) ('90 Code, § 7-28.2) (Ord. passed 2-14-83)