As used in this chapter:
(a) “Building Director” means the Chief Building Official of the City of Mayfield Heights or his designee.
(b) “Owner” means any person who alone or jointly or severally with others has the legal or equitable title to a property, and shall include executors, administrators, trustees or guardians of the estate of the owner, and any purchaser or assignee under a certificate of sale pursuant to mortgage foreclosure. The term owner includes corporations and limited liability companies (whether chartered in Ohio or in another state), and partnerships and other unincorporated associations. Any individual owner, regardless of whether he shares ownership responsibility with other persons, and any general partner or partnership and any office of a corporation or limited liability company or unincorporated association, shall have direct and personal responsibility and liability for compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
(c) “Unsecured” means a building or portion of a building which is open to entry by unauthorized persons.
(d) “Vacant building” means any structure that is unoccupied.
(Ord. 2022-27. Passed 10-24-22.)