3-5-2: DEFINITIONS:
For the purpose of this chapter, the following terms shall be defined as set forth below:
DWELLING: A building or one or more portions thereof occupied or intended to be occupied for residential purposes; but not including rooms in motels, hotels, nursing homes, boarding houses, tents and recreational vehicles, or attached multiple- family dwellings.
DWELLING UNIT: A residential accommodation located within a dwelling that includes permanently installed cooking, sleeping, and sanitation facilities, designed or intended for use as living quarters for a single family. Dwelling units subject to this chapter are defined as being detached dwelling units in the R-1 one-family zoning district.
OCCUPANT: A person who lives or sleeps in a dwelling unit.
OWNER: A person who is the recorded or unrecorded owner of the dwelling unit.
RENT: To permit occupancy of a dwelling unit by a person other than the legal owner thereof, pursuant to a written or unwritten agreement, whether or not a fee is required by the agreement.
RENTAL DWELLING: A dwelling unit that has been rented.
TENANT: A person who occupies a rental dwelling. (Ord. 407, 4-4-2006)