(A) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have their assigned meanings:
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
A Louisville Metro police officer, safety officer, citation officer, or other public law enforcement officer with the legal authority to issue a citation. For purposes of this chapter, a citation officer is an employee of Metro Government, who has been charged by Metro Government with the authority to issue citations for violations of this chapter. This shall include duly-sworn members of the Department of Planning and Design Services, Department of Public Works, or Department of Inspections, Permits and Licenses.
COMMERCIAL
or
INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE.
Any building, structure, premises, or establishment used for commercial, industrial, or business enterprises as opposed to residential purposes.
FAMILY.
One or more persons occupying residential premises and living as one housekeeping unit.
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
Any lawfully-created agency established under KRS Chapter 75 for the ostensible purpose of fire suppression and enforcement of laws and regulations related to fire prevention, protection, and suppression.
LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY INFORMATION CONSORTIUM (LOJIC).
The cooperative technological effort formally implemented by the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government, Metropolitan Sewer District and the Property Valuation Administrator that is designed to coordinated all the agencies' traditional mapping efforts, from streets and streams and utility lines to land-use zones.
LOUISVILLE METRO.
The geographical boundaries of Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government.
METRO GOVERNMENT.
The political entity, Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government.
MULTIPLE-FAMILY DWELLING.
A building or portion thereof designed for, or occupied by two or more families living independently of each other, and doing their own cooking in separate kitchens. It shall also include residential dwellings which are grouped or clustered on a single parcel of land such as a townhouse, rowhouse, or condominium development. The term multiple-family dwelling shall include but not be limited to apartments, apartment buildings, condominiums, duplexes and patio homes.
PERSON.
Any individual, corporation, cooperative, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, private institution, group, agency, or any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency thereof.
PLANNING COMMISSION.
The Louisville Metro Planning Commission.
PLANNING DIRECTOR.
The Director, or designee, of the Louisville Metro Department of Planning and Design Services, or any successor agency thereto.
PRIVATE ROAD.
A road that is not a public way.
PUBLIC WAY.
Any public road, street, avenue, alley or boulevard, bridge, viaduct or trestle and the approaches to them or roads, streets or highways which have been dedicated to and accepted by Fiscal Court of Jefferson County, the former City of Louisville, or Metro Government pursuant to either KRS 82.400 or KRS 178.405 to 178.425.
REGULAR FIREFIGHTER.
The regular members of a fire department in a suburban Fire Protection District, except volunteer firefighters, who have the same powers of arrest as now given by law in the manner prescribed in KRS 75.160.
SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLING.
A detached building designed for or occupied exclusively by one family, including detached, single unit condominiums.
STREET INDEX FILE (SIF).
The computerized listing of all the vehicular rights-of-way and areas with a common name in Louisville Metro which is a part of the Louisville/Jefferson County Information Consortium (LOJIC).
WORKS DIRECTOR.
The Director, or designee, of the Louisville Metro Department of Public Works.
(1994 Jeff. Code, § 97.10) (Jeff. Ord. 41-1996, adopted and effective 11-12-1996; Lou. Metro Am. Ord. No. 195-2005, approved 11-16-2005)