For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
APPLICABLE PROPERTY MAINTENANCE LAWS. The Kentucky Building Code and the Kentucky Standards of Safety and the Erlanger Nuisance Code (Ord. 2361, as amended) and the following codes that the city has adopted by reference:
(1) The International Property Maintenance Code;
(2) The National Fire Protection Association 1: Fire Code (NFPA 1: Fire Code);
(3) The Kentucky Residential Code, all as amended from time to time;
(4) The Kentucky Standards of Safety:
(5) The Kentucky Building Code;
(6) The Erlanger Nuisance Code; and
(7) Any subsequent amendments thereto to divisions (1) through (6) above.
CITY. The City of Erlanger, in Kenton County, Kentucky.
CODES ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Have the same meaning as that provided in KRS 65.8805.
EVERYBODY. Every human being, or any combination thereof in the form of a partnership, corporation, joint venture, unincorporated association or otherwise.
LANDLORD. The owner of a residential rental unit who offers to or actually lets, leases or rents it to others for use as a separate residence.
RENT. Compensation for the use and occupancy of a residential rental unit.
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL BUILDING. A building that includes one or more residential rental units and the interior and exterior equipment and common areas thereof.
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL BUSINESS. The business of owning and offering to or actually letting, leasing or renting a residential rental unit to others for use as a separate residence.
RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNIT. Each separate room or group of rooms within a building that are offered for or actually let, leased or rented as a separate residence.
TENANT. A person who uses a residential rental unit owned by others as a residence.
(1996 Code, § 117.01) (Ord. 2393, passed 4-1-2014; Ord. 2400, passed 7-1-2014; Ord. 2437, passed 7-5-2016)