For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
ABANDONED VEHICLE: All motor vehicles or other vehicles in a state of disrepair which renders the vehicle incapable of being driven in its condition; or any motor vehicle or other vehicle that has not been moved or used for seven (7) consecutive days or more and is apparently deserted.
COMMON AREAS (EXTERIOR): The private roads and streets and private sidewalks adjacent thereto, landscaping, detention ponds, utility facilities, trash enclosures, playground equipment, swimming pools, tennis courts, basketball courts or any other recreational facilities, trail areas, parking areas, private drives, detached garages, lighting fixtures, signage, mailboxes, street benches, entrance monuments, perimeter fencing and such other improvements or structures from time to time or at any time located or constructed on a common area. Such common areas may serve, in whole or in part, one or more multiple-family dwellings.
COMMON AREAS (INTERIOR): Any portion or part thereof of a multiple-family dwelling having communal areas (laundry, furnace, storage rooms, hallways, stairways, meeting rooms, basements) and all other areas located within the multiple- family dwelling, outside of a dwelling unit. Interior common areas shall also include stoops, entrance doors, roofs, attics, balconies, lighting fixtures, signage, railings, patios, storage areas, garages, exterior building surfaces, gutters and downspouts and any other areas of a multiple- family dwelling to which the owner is directly responsible for the proper maintenance thereof.
DWELLING UNIT: Any room(s) or group of rooms located within a multiple-family dwelling and forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
FOOT-CANDLE: The quantity of light reaching a surface. It is equal to the number of lumens divided by the square footage of the surface the lumens are covering, i.e., one lumen covering one square foot equals one foot-candle.
LUMEN: The quantity of light emitted by a light source.
MANAGING AGENT: Any person or firm, acting for another, with authority to rent, manage and/or make expenditures.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING: A building that is designed and built as a group of individual dwelling units, in which units may or may not touch by virtue of common or party walls and floors and ceilings, and which contains four (4) or more dwelling units per building. Each building that has its own address shall be considered a separate multiple-family dwelling.
OPERATOR: Any person who has charge, care, control or management of a multiple-family dwelling or dwelling, or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
OWNER: Any person who, alone, jointly or severally with others, has legal title to any multiple-family dwelling with or without accompanying actual possession thereof; or who has charge, care or control of any multiple-family dwelling as owner or other person; or is an executor, administrator, 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 the rules and regulations pursuant hereto, to the same extent as if he were the owner.
PERSON: Any individual, firm, association, partnership, corporation, trust or any other legal entity.
PREOCCUPANCY INSPECTION: An inspection conducted by the village prior to rental or occupancy of a dwelling unit to determine if the dwelling unit is in full compliance with all applicable ordinances, codes and regulations of the village.
TENANT: Any occupant of a multiple-family dwelling as designated by the rental lease. (Ord. 14-02, 4-14-2014)