(a) The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. "Dwelling", "dwelling unit", "rooming house" and "rooming unit" shall be construed as though followed by the words "or any part thereof". "Occupied" shall be construed as though followed by the words "or intended or designed to be occupied".
(b) "Dwelling" means a building designed for and occupied exclusively for residential use including one-family, two-family and multi-family dwellings, but not including hotels, boardinghouses, tourist homes, tents or trailers.
(c) "Dwelling unfit for human habitation" means any dwelling, which by reason of serious deficiencies in drainage, plumbing, water supply, light, heat, ventilation, floor area or rodent or pest control facilities, or by reason of dilapidation, disrepair or other similar conditions, or because of the need for major repairs to the roof, walls, ceiling, floors, stairs or other parts of the dwelling, is unsanitary or unsafe and constitutes a serious hazard to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants of the dwelling or to the public.
(d) "Dwelling unit" means a room or group of rooms located within any dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
(e) "Extermination" means the control and elimination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places by removing or making inaccessible material that may serve as their food, by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods.
(f) "Infestation" means the presence within or around a dwelling, dwelling unit or rooming unit of any insects, rodents or other pests.
(Ord. 1986-117. Passed 9-23-86.)
(g) "Multi-family dwelling" means a building or portion thereof consisting of two or more dwelling units. It includes apartment hotels, flats, group or row houses and rooming houses.
(Ord. 1986-123. Passed 10-14-86.)
(h) "Occupant" means a person living, sleeping, cooking or eating in or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or apartment.
(i) "Operator" means any person, whether or not the owner, who has charge, care of control of a rooming house or dwelling unit.
(j) "Owner" means any person, firm or corporation who, alone, jointly or severally with others is in actual possession of, or has charge, care or control of, any dwelling or dwelling unit as owner, employee or agent of the owner, or as trustee or guardian of the estate or person of, the titleholder, and such other person shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this order to the same extent as the owner.
(k) "Person" means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, company, or organization or association of persons of any kind.
(l) "Premises" means the ground, yard, lawn or court, or the private way, walk, alley or approach used or intended to be used in connection with a dwelling.
(m) "Rubbish and refuse" includes garbage and rubbish; "garbage" means the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food; "rubbish" means any household waste materials other than garbage, ashes and cinders, and building materials.
(Ord. 1986-117. Passed 9-23-86.)