The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this chapter
(a) “Dwelling” means any enclosed space wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living, sleeping, cooking and eating.
(b) “Dwelling unit” means a room or group of rooms located within a dwelling forming a single habitual unit with facilities used or intended to be used by a single family for living, sleeping, cooking and eating purposes.
(c) “Infestation” means the presence within or around a dwelling of any insects, rodents, or other pests.
(d) “Multiple dwelling” means any dwelling containing more than two dwelling units.
(e) “Occupant” means any individual over one year of age living, sleeping, cooking, or eating in or having possession of a dwelling unit or a rooming unit, except that in a dwelling unit, a guest shall not be considered an occupant.
(f) “Operator” means any person who has charge, care, control or management of a residential building, or part thereof, in which dwelling units or rooming units are let.
(g) “Premises” means a platted lot or part thereof or unplatted lot or parcel of land or plot of land, either occupied or unoccupied by any dwelling or non-dwelling structure, and includes any such building, accessory structure or other structure thereon.
(h) “Rooming house” means any dwelling other than a hotel or motel or that part of any dwelling, containing one or more rooming units in which persons either individually or as families are housed with or without meals provided.
(i) “Rooming unit” means any room or group of rooms forming a single habitable unit used or intended to be used for living and sleeping, but not for cooking purposes.
(Ord. 980. Passed 10-11-93.)