For the purpose of this chapter, unless otherwise specifically provided, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings ascribed to them respectively:
(A) "Basement." That portion of a building which is partially or completely below grade.
(B) "Door." A swinging or sliding barrier by which an entry is closed or opened.
(C) "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.
(D) "Dwelling unit." Any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
(E) "Extermination." The control and climination of insects, rodents or other pests by eliminating their harborage places; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigation, trapping; or by any other recognized and legal pest-elimination methods approved by the director of health.
(F) "Garbage." The animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
(G) "Habitable room." A room or enclosed floor space used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking or eating purposes, excluding bathrooms, water-closet compartments, laundries, pantries, foyers or communicating corridors, closets and storage spaces.
(H) "Director of health." The legally designated health authority of the town, or his authorized representative.
(I) "Infestation." The presence, within or around a dwelling, of any insects, rodents or other pests.
(J) "Multiple dwelling." Any dwelling containing more than two dwelling units.
(K) “Occupant.” Any person, over one year of age, living, sleeping, cooking or eating in, or having actual possession of, a dwelling unit.
(L) “Operator.” Any person who has charge, care or control of a building, or part thereof, in which dwelling units are let.
(M) "Ordinary minimum winter conditions." The temperature 15°F. above the lowest recorded temperature for the previous ten-year period.
(N) "Owner." Any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others:
(1) Shall have legal title to or beneficial interest in any dwelling or dwelling unit, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof;
(2) Shall have charge, care or control of any dwelling or dwelling unit, as owner or agent of the owner, or officer, or director of a corporation or corporate owner, or as executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee or guardian of the estate of the owner. Any person thus representing the actual owner shall be bound to comply with the provisions of this chapter, and of rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, to the same extent as if he/she were the owner.
(O) "Plumbing." Shall include all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas-burning equipment, water pipes, garbage-disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, shower baths, installed clothes-washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents, and any other similar supplied fixtures, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
(P) Intentionally blank.
(Q) “Rooming House” or “Boarding House.” With the exception of any dwelling that has received and maintained a valid student housing permit from the Planning and Zoning Department, any dwelling in which at least three persons but less than 15 persons are housed or boarded for consideration or otherwise without separate kitchen facilities, with or without meals. If 15 or more persons are housed or boarded, such building shall be considered a hotel or motel.
(R) "Rubbish." Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage; and the term shall include the residue from the burning of wood, coal, coke and other combustible material, paper, rags, cartons, boxes, wood, excelsior, rubber, leather, tree branches, yard trimming, tin cans, metals, mineral matter, glass, crockery and dust.
(S) "Supplied." Paid for, furnished or provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
(T) "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 30 consecutive days.
(U) Meaning of certain words: Whenever the words “dwelling,” “dwelling unit,” “rooming house,” “premises,” are used in this chapter, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words “or any part thereof.”
(V) “Window.” An opening typically in the wall of a building, for admission of light and air that is usually closed by casements or sashes containing transparent material (such as glass) and capable of being opened or shut.
(Adopted 9-5-67) (Am. Ord. 491, passed 11-6-03; Am. Ord. 669, passed 2-1-16)