For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. A detached structure which is not used and not intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants and which is located on the same premises as a principal structure and the use of such accessory structure is incidental to the principal structure.
APPROVED. Approved by the Building Inspector of the city.
BASEMENT. That portion of a building partly underground by having more than half its clear floor to ceiling height below the average grade of the adjoining ground.
BATHROOM. Enclosed space containing one or more bathtubs, showers, or both, and which may also include toilets, lavatories, or fixtures serving similar purposes.
BUILDING. A combination of any materials, whether portable or fixed, having a roof to form a structure affording shelter for persons, animals or property. The word "building" shall be construed, when used herein as though followed by the words "or parts thereof unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
CYLINDER. The part of a lock set that has an entrance for the key which thereby activates the locking mechanism.
CYLINDER GUARD. A hardened ring surrounding the exposed portion of the lock cylinder or other device which is so fastened as to protect the cylinder from wrenching, prying, cutting or pulling at attack tools.
DEAD BOLT LOCK. A locking device with a bolt that has no automatic spring action and which is operated manually by a key cylinder on its exterior side and by a knob, thumb turn, or lever on its interior side, and a bolt that is positively held fast when in the projected position (also known as deadlock).
DORMITORY. A building, not open to transients, where lodging is provided for ten or more non-family persons, and no kitchen facilities other than one central kitchen facility, are provided any dwelling unit occupied by persons other than management personnel.
DWELLING. Any building which is wholly or partly used, designed, 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.
DWELLING UNIT. Any room or group of rooms located within a dwelling forming a single habitable unit with facilities which are used, designed, or intended to be used for living, sleeping, working, and eating.
EGRESS. Arrangements and openings to assure a safe means of exit from buildings.
EXTERIOR PROPERTY AREAS. Open spaces on the premises and vacant open space on adjacent premises.
EXTERMINATION. The control and elimination of insects, rodents, or other pests by eliminating their harborages; by removing or making inaccessible materials that may serve as their food; by poisoning, spraying, fumigating, trapping; or by any other recognized and legal pest elimination methods approved by the proper authorities.
FLOOR AREA. The total horizontal area of habitable space.
FLUSH OR SURFACE BOLT. A deadlock normally used on inactive door(s) that is attached to the top and bottom and/or side of the door and engages in the frame and/or base of the door.
GARBAGE. Anything that may decompose and become offensive or dangerous to health, including, but not limited to, waste products resulting from the handling, storage, preparation, cooking and consumption of food.
GRADE (GROUND LEVEL). The average of the finished ground level. In case walls are parallel to and within five feet of a sidewalk, the said finished ground level shall be measured at the sidewalk
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, furnace rooms, pantries, and utility rooms of less than 50 square feet, foyers, or communicating corridors, stairways, closets, storage spaces, and workshops, hobby and recreation areas below ground level or in attics.
HOOK OR EXPANDING BOLT. A dead bolt lock in which the bolt or bolts interlock with the strike plate into which the bolt or bolts are projected, attached to the door, window or other access points of a building or structure which is designed to prevent unauthorized persons from entering the building or structure through the door, window, or other access point on which the locking device is activated.
HOT WATER. Water heated to a temperature of not less than 100°F at the outlet.
HOTEL AND MOTEL. See definition of ROOMING HOUSE.
INFESTATION. The presence, within or contiguous to a dwelling, dwelling unit, rooming house, multiple dwelling, rooming unit, or premises, of insects, rodents, vermin and other pests.
KITCHEN. Any room containing any or all of the following equipment, or any area of a room within three feet of such equipment: sink or other device for dishwashing, stove or other device for cooking, refrigerator or other device for cold storage of food, cabinets or shelves for storage or cooking equipment and utensils, and counter or table for food preparation.
LEAD BEARING SUBSTANCE. Any paint, plaster, or other material or substance containing more than 0.6% by weight (calculated as lead metal) in the total nonvolatile content of liquid paints, or in the dried film of paint previously applied.
LET. Any lease, agreement or arrangement permitting occupancy or use; and also any contract for deed, or agreement to purchase, or unrecorded deed permitting occupancy or use of a dwelling unit which is not actually receiving the general homestead exemption from taxation under 35 ILCS 200/15-175 during said occupancy or use.
MEANING OF CERTAIN WORDS. Whenever the words "dwelling", "dwelling units", "rooming units", "premises", "structure" are used in this chapter, they shall be construed as though they were followed by the words "or any part thereof. Words used in the singular include the plural, and in the plural the singular, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the feminine the masculine.
MOBILE HOMES. A factory assembled, movable dwelling designed and constructed to be towed on its chassis, comprised of frame wheels, to be used without a permanent foundation, and distinguishable from other types of dwellings in that the standards to which it is built include provisions for its mobility on that chassis as a vehicle. Removal of the tongue, wheels, or hitch, or placement of the structure upon a permanent foundation shall not be considered in determining whether or not a structure is a mobile home.
MULTIPLE DWELLING. Any dwelling containing more than one dwelling unit and/or rooming unit.
OCCUPANT. Any person living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in, or having actual possession of a dwelling unit or rooming units.
OPERATOR. Any person who has charge, care or control of a multiple dwelling, hotel, motel or rooming house, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let or offered for occupancy.
ORDINARY WINTER CONDITIONS. A temperature 15°F (-9.4°C) above the lowest recorded temperature in the city for the prior ten-year period.
OWNER. Any person or entity who shall have a legal, equitable or beneficial interest in the subject real estate, or any improvements thereto; or a reversionary leasehold interest in the subject real estate, or any improvements thereto; or a capacity to manage the subject real estate or any improvements thereto pursuant to an order of court, power, or agreement.
PERSON. Any individual, firm, corporation, association or partnership.
PLUMBING. All of the following facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas burning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, water closets, sinks, installed dishwashers, lavatories, bathtubs, showers, installed clothes washing machines, catch basins, drains, vents, and any other similar equipment and fixtures, and the installation thereof, together with all connections to water, sewer or gas lines.
POTABLE WATER. Water duly approved as satisfactory and safe for drinking by the Illinois environmental protection agency.
PREMISES. A lot, plot or parcel of land including any buildings or structures thereon.
PUBLIC SEWER. A sewerage system operated by the city and available for public use.
ROOMING HOUSE. Any dwelling or part of a dwelling containing one or more rooming units in which space is rented by the owner or operator to three or more persons who are not the husband or wife, father or mother, son or daughter, grandparent or grandchild, brother or sister, uncle or aunt, nephew or niece or cousin of the first degree, of the owner or operator.
ROOMING UNIT. Any room or group of rooms intended to be used for living or sleeping but not for cooking purposes.
RUBBISH. Combustible and noncombustible waste materials, except garbage.
SEWAGE. Waste from a flush toilet, bath, sink, lavatory, dishwashing or laundry machine, or the water carried waste from any other fixture or equipment or machine.
SINGLE CYLINDER LOCKING DEVICE. A bolt that is activated on its exterior side by a key and on its interior side by a knob, thumb rum, lever or similar mechanism.
STRUCTURE. A combination of any materials, whether fixed or portable, forming construction, including buildings.
SUPPLIED FACILITIES. Facilities paid for, furnished or provided by, or under the control of the owner or operator.
TEMPORARY HOUSING. Any tent, recreational vehicle as defined by 625 ILCS 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 utility system for more than 15 consecutive days or 30 days during any calendar year.
THROW. The outward movement of a bolt or spring bolt which is measured by the distance which such a bolt travels, i.e., when the bolt or spring bolt is moved from the open position to the locked position (extended), it is said to have been thrown.
VENTILATION. Supply and removal of air to and from any space by natural or mechanical means.
VERMIN HARBORAGE. Any place where rats, mice, raccoon, opossum, groundhog, stray cats or other animals can live, nest or find shelter.
VERMIN PROOFING. A form of construction which will prevent the ingress or egress of vermin to or from a given space or building, or gaining access to food, water, or vermin harborage. It consists of the closing and keeping closed of every opening in foundations, basements, cellars, exterior and interior walls, ground or first floors, roofs, sidewalk gratings, sidewalk openings, and other places that may be reached and entered by vermin by climbing, burrowing or other methods, by the use of materials impervious to vermin gnawing and other methods approved by the appropriate authority.
(Ord. 03-17, passed 4-25-2017)