For the purpose of this subchapter the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
AGENT. The person who manages or has the custody of a business building and shall also mean the person to whom rent thereon, if any, is paid.
BUSINESS BUILDING. Any structure, whether public or private, in the city, which is adapted for occupancy for transaction of business, for rendering of professional service, for amusement, for the display, sale or storage of goods, wares, or merchandise, or for the performance of work or labor, including, but not being limited to, hotels, rooming houses, office buildings, public buildings, stores, theaters, markets, restaurants, grain elevators, slaughterhouses, warehouses, workshops, factories, and all outhouses, sheds, barns, and other structures on premises used for business purposes.
HEALTH OFFICER. The Director of Inspections, Building Inspector or Housing Inspector or any agent of the Inspector who is authorized by the Director of Inspections.
OCCUPANT. The person who has the use of, or occupies any business building, or a part or fraction thereof. In the case of vacant business building, or any vacant portion of a business building, or in case of occupancy in whole or part by the owner, the owner and the agent of the building shall be deemed to be and shall have the responsibility of an occupant of such building.
OWNER. The actual owner of the business building and in the case of a business leased with a clause in the lease specifying that the lessee is responsible for maintenance and repairs, the lessee will also be considered in such cases an owner for the purposes of this subchapter.
RAT-ERADICATION. The removal, killing, destruction or extermination of rats by systematic use of traps, or of poisons and by other methods.
RAT-HARBORAGE. Any condition which provides shelter or protection for rats, thus favoring their multiplication and continued existence in, under, or outside of a structure of any kind.
RAT-STOPPAGE or RATPROOFING. Applies to a form of ratproofing to prevent the ingress of rats into business buildings from the exterior or from one business building to another. It consists essentially of the closing of all openings in the exterior walls, ground or first floors, basements, roofs and foundation, which may be reached by rats from the ground, by climbing or by burrowing, with material impervious to rat gnawing.
('70 Code, § 11-16) (Ord. 1979-73, passed 12-4-79)