A. General:
1. Scope: Unless otherwise expressly stated, the following terms shall, for the purposes of this chapter, have the meanings shown in this section.
2. Interchangeability: Words stated in the present tense include the future; words stated in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter; the singular number includes the plural and the plural the singular.
3. Terms Defined In Other Codes: Where terms are not defined in this section and are defined in the City's Building Code, Fire Code, or Zoning Code, such terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them as in those codes.
4. Terms Not Defined: Where terms are not defined through the methods authorized by this section, such terms shall have ordinarily accepted meanings such as the context implies.
5. Parts: Whenever the words "dwelling unit", "dwelling", "premises", or "building" are stated in this chapter, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any part thereof".
B. General Definitions:
APPROVED: Approved by the Code official.
BASEMENT: That portion of a building which is partly or completely below grade.
BATHROOM: A room containing plumbing fixtures including a bathtub or shower.
BUILDING: Any structure used or intended for supporting or sheltering any use or occupancy.
CODE OFFICIAL: The official who is charged with the administration and enforcement of this chapter, or any duly authorized representative.
CONDEMN: To adjudge unfit for occupancy.
DWELLING: Any building which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants; provided that temporary housing as hereinafter defined shall not be regarded as a dwelling.
DWELLING UNIT: A single unit providing complete, independent living facilities for one or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
EXTERMINATION: The control and elimination of insects, rats, or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that serve as their food; by poison, spraying, fumigating, trapping, or by any other approved pest elimination methods.
GARBAGE: Any organic waste normally produced from the handling and preparation of foods and decayed and spoiled food from any source. Garbage does not include yard waste or any inorganic rubbish.
GUARD: A building component or a system of building components located at or near the open sides of elevated walking surfaces that minimizes the possibility of a fall from the walking surface to a lower level.
IMMINENT DANGER: A condition which could cause serious or life threatening injury or death at any time.
INFESTATION: The presence, within or contiguous to, a building or premises of insects, rats, vermin, or other pests.
LET FOR OCCUPANCY OR LET: To permit, provide, or offer possession or occupancy of a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming unit, building, premises, or structure by a person who is or is not the legal owner of record thereof, pursuant to a written or unwritten lease, agreement, or license, or pursuant to a recorded or unrecorded agreement of contract for the sale of land.
MANAGER: Any person who has charge, care, or control of a building or premises which is let or offered for occupancy.
OCCUPANCY: The purpose for which a building or portion thereof is utilized or occupied.
OCCUPANT: Any individual living or sleeping in a building, or having possession of a space within a building.
OWNER: Any person, agent, operator, firm, or corporation having a legal or equitable interest in the property; or recorded in the official records of the State, County, or Municipality as holding title to the property; or otherwise having control of the property, including the guardian of the estate of any such person, and the executor or administrator of the estate of such person if ordered to take possession of real property by a court.
PERSON: An individual, corporation, partnership, or any other group acting as a unit.
PREMISES: A lot, plot, or parcel of land, easement, or public way, including any buildings thereon.
PUBLIC WAY: Any street, alley, or similar parcel of land essentially unobstructed from the ground to the sky.
ROOMING UNIT: Any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit occupied or intended to be occupied for sleeping or living, but not for cooking purposes.
RUBBISH: Inorganic materials such as packaging products, cans, bottles, paper, ashes, sweepings, and other similar inorganic waste.
STRICT LIABILITY OFFENSE: An offense in which the prosecution in a legal proceeding is not required to prove criminal intent as a part of its case, in which it is enough to prove that the defendant either did an act which was prohibited, or failed to do an act which the defendant was legally required to do.
STRUCTURE: That which is built or constructed or a portion thereof.
TEMPORARY HOUSING: Any tent, trailer, 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 utilities system on the same premises for more than thirty (30) consecutive days.
TENANT: A person, corporation, partnership, or group, whether or not the legal owner of record, occupying a building or portion thereof as a unit.
VENTILATION: The natural or mechanical process of supplying conditioned or unconditioned air to, or removing such air from, any space.
WORKMANLIKE: Executed in a skilled manner; e.g., generally plumb, level, square, in line, undamaged, and without marring adjacent work. (Ord. 152, 1-14-2019)