As used in this chapter:
(a) "Approved" means approved by the Director of Buildings or his or her authorized agent pursuant to this Business Maintenance Code or approved by any other person or board designated by City ordinances to give approval to the matter in question.
(b) "Basement" means a portion of a building partly or entirely underground whose ceiling or under part of the floor above is four feet or less above the average finished ground elevation. The average finished ground elevation is the mean elevation of the finished grade around all of the exterior of the building.
(c) "Board" means the Board of Zoning Appeals of the City.
(d) "Building" means any structure having a roof supported by or suspended from columns or walls which may serve as a shelter or enclosure for persons, animals, chattels or property of any kind. "Building" does not include any vehicle, trailer, with or without wheels, or any movable device, such as furniture, machinery or equipment.
(e) "Business" means all uses or occupancies other than residential.
(f) "Code" means Ordinance 1982-37, passed July 26, 1982, codified herein as Title Nine of this Part Thirteen - the Building and Housing Code.
(g) "Director of Buildings" means the individual designated by the Mayor as being in charge of the Division of Building, Engineering and Inspection in the Department of Public Safety.
(h) "Occupant" means the person who leases or rents a building or structure or any portion thereof. The words tenant and occupant shall be considered synonymous.
(i) "Operator" means a person who has charge, care or control of a business structure.
(j) "Owner" means the owner of the premises, or one of the owners of the premises if owned by more than one person, including the holder of title thereto subject to contract of purchase, a vendee in possession, a mortgagee or receiver in possession, a lessee or joint lessees of the whole thereof or an agent or any other person directly in control of the premises.
(k) "Premises" means a lot, parcel or plot of land including the buildings or structures thereon.
(l) "Secondary or appurtenant structure" means a structure, the use of which is incidental or accessory to that of the main building and which is attached to the main building or located on the same premises with it, including retaining walls, fences and exterior walks and steps.
(m) "Structure" means anything constructed or erected, the use of which requires a fixed location on the ground or attached to something having a fixed location on the ground, including, but not limited to, advertising signs, fences, billboards, backstops for tennis courts and pergolas.
(n) "Supply or supplied" means paid for, furnished or provided by or under the control of the owner or operator.
(Ord. 1986-47. Passed 12-22-86; Ord. 1990-18. Passed 4-23-90.)