A. "Enforcement Officer" means any officer or employee with authority to enforce the Fullerton Municipal Code or applicable State Codes as provided in Section 2.09.080 of this code.
B. "Hearing Officer" means the person appointed by the City Manager, or designee, to serve as the hearing officer for administrative hearings.
C. "Land Use Approval" means any approval required for a particular use of land, including but not limited to permits, licenses, conditional use permits, variances or subdivision maps.
D. "Owner" means the record owner of a parcel according to the latest County equalized property tax assessment roll.
E. "Person" includes a natural person or legal entity and the owners, majority stockholders, corporate officers, trustees and general partners of a legal entity.
F. "Responsible Person" means any person who causes or maintains a Fullerton Municipal Code or applicable state code violation, including the person occupying the premises which is the subject or location of a violation, the business owner of such location or the property owner or property owner agent / property manager. Responsible Person also includes the parent or legal guardian of any person under the age of eighteen years. There may be more than one Responsible Person for any one code violation for the purposes of this chapter.
G. "Short-term rental" means a residential dwelling, or any portion of a residential dwelling, rented to a person or persons for 30 consecutive days or less.
H. "Residential dwelling" means a private structure designed and available, pursuant to applicable law, for use and occupancy by one or more individuals. "Residential dwelling" does not include a commercially operated hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn or a time-share property as defined by Business and Professions Code Section 11212 subdivision (aa).
I. "Water theft" is an action to divert, tamper or reconnect water utility services as defined in Penal Code Section 498.
(Ord. 3329 § 1, 2024; Ord. 3273, § 1, 2019)