1. “Applicant” shall mean the owner of the tract of land for which a permit is being requested; or, the owner’s representative in the case of a nursing, rest or convalescent home.
2. “Chicken” shall mean a member of the subspecies Gallus Gallus Domesticus, a domesticated fowl. Chicken includes duck when the Permitting Officer has issued a permit therefore.
3. “Duck” shall mean a member of the subspecies Anatidae Anseriformes, a fowl.
4. “Urban chicken” shall mean a chicken kept on a permitted tract of land pursuant to a permit issued under this chapter.
5. “Permitting Officer” shall mean the person so designated by the City Manager.
6. “Tract of land” shall mean an expanse of land identified by address legally described with definitive boundaries.
7. “Single family dwelling” shall mean any building that contains only one dwelling unit used, intended, rented, leased, let or hired to be occupied for living purposes.
8. “Nursing rest or convalescent homes” shall mean any building that contains multiple units intended to be occupied for short or long term care or recovery of individuals.
9. “Permitted tract of land” shall mean the tract of land as identified by the application upon which a permit is granted for keeping chickens pursuant to this chapter.
10. “Permittee” shall mean an applicant who has been granted a permit to raise, harbor or keep chickens pursuant to this chapter.