Any words not defined in this section shall be construed as defined in the Building Code and the Zoning Code. In addition, as used in this chapter:
(a) "Accessory building" means a subordinate building located on the same lot as the main building, the use of which is naturally and normally incidental to that of the dominant use of the main building or land.
(b) "Building" means a combination of materials to form a construction adapted to permanent or continuous occupancy for use for public, institutional, residence, business or storage purposes.
(c) "Building Code" means the Building Code of the City, as amended.
(d) "Building Inspector" means the Superintendent of the Building Department, his or her deputies and such other officers designated by Council to administer this chapter.
(e) "Deterioration" means the condition or appearance of a building or a part thereof characterized by holes, breaks, rock crumbling, cracking, peeling, rusting or other evidence of physical decay or neglect, or unsafe or inadequate electrical or mechanical systems, facilities or equipment or lack of maintenance.
(f) "Expose to public view" means any premises or building, or any part thereof, which may be lawfully viewed by the public or any member thereof from a sidewalk, street, alleyway, open air parking lot or adjoining or neighborhood premises.
(g) "Exterior of the premises" means those portions of the building which are exposed to public view and the open space of any premises outside of any building erected thereon.
(h) "Fire hazard" means any thing or act which increases or may cause an increase of the hazard or menace of fire to a greater degree than that customarily recognized as normal by persons in the public service of preventing, suppressing or extinguishing fire, or anything or act which may obstruct, delay or hinder, or become the cause of an obstruction, delay, hazard or hindrance in, the prevention, suppression or extinguishment of fire.
(i) "Mixed occupancy" means any building containing one or more dwelling units or rooming units and having a portion thereof devoted to nondwelling uses.
(j) "Nuisance" means:
(1) Any public nuisance known at common law or as provided by the statutes of the State or the ordinances of the City;
(2) Any attractive nuisance which may prove detrimental to the health or safety of children, whether in a building, on the premises of a building or upon an unoccupied lot. This includes, but is not limited to, abandoned wells, shafts, basements, excavations, ice boxes, refrigerators, motor vehicles, structurally unsound fences or structures, lumber, trash, debris or vegetation which may prove a hazard for inquisitive minors;
(3) Physical conditions dangerous to human life or detrimental to health of persons on or near the premises where the conditions exist; or
(4) Fire hazards.
(k) "Operator" means:
(1) Any person who has charge, care or control of premises or a part thereof, whether with or without the knowledge and consent of the owner; or
(2) Any person who, as a renter, lessee or sublessee of any part or all of the premises, has responsibility over that portion of the premises rented, leased or subleased.
"Owner" means any person who, alone or jointly or severally with others, has legal or equitable title to any premises, with or without accompanying actual possession thereof, or who has charge, care or control of premises as a manager or agent of the owner, or as an executor, executrix, administrator, administratrix, trustee, receiver or guardian of the estate, or as a mortgagee in possession.
(m) "Premises" means a lot, plot or parcel of land, including the buildings or structures thereon.
(n) "Room" means space in an enclosed building or space set aside by a partition.
(o) "Rubbish" means nonputrescible solid waste consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste, such as paper, wrappings, cigarettes, crockery and similar materials.
(p) "Sanitary sewer" means any sanitary sewer owned, operated and maintained by the City and available for public use for the disposal of sewage.
(1979 Code Sec. 16.40.030)
(q) "Semitrailer" means every vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole-trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.
(Res. 88-521. Passed 7-11-88.)
(r) "Sewage" means waste from a flushed toilet, bathtub, sink, lavatory or dishwashing or laundry machine, or the water carried waste from any other fixture, equipment or machine.
(s) "Story" means that portion of the building, other than a cellar, included between the surface of any floor and the surface of the floor next above it or, if there is no floor above it, then the space between the floor and the ceiling next above it.
"Structure" means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a more or less permanent location on the ground or an attachment to something having a permanent location on the ground, including, but not limited to, buildings, advertising signs, billboards, walls and fences.
(1979 Code Sec. 16.40.030)
(u) "Trailer" means every vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole-trailer, designed for carrying property or persons and for being drawn by a motor vehicle, and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle.
(Res. 88-521. Passed 7-11-88.)
(v) "Weathering" means deterioration, decay or damage caused by exposure to the elements.
(1979 Code Sec. 16.40.030)